By Tom Bergin
LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - BP Plc chief Tony Hayward bears little similarity to his predecessor John Browne, but if an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not to prompt a major political backlash he will have to muster some of the latter's admired diplomatic skills.
Hayward met lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday, outlining what BP was doing to halt the flow of oil from its Macondo well and to stop the 130 miles (208 km) by 70 miles oil slick it generated from ...
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