HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee June 17, a company spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee invited Hayward to testify at the hearing, which would focus on BP <:BP.LO:>Plc's role in the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and the continued oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
It will be Hayward's first appearance at a congressional hearing on the disaster. BP America President Lamar McKay, who oversee's the London-based oil giant's U.S. operations, had been its top representative at previous hearings.
(Reporting by Kristen Hays, editing by Jackie Frank)
