Oil execs in London slam Obama's drilling ban

Oil industry executives on Tuesday sharply criticized US President Barack Obama's six-month ban on deepwater drilling, saying the world did not have enough other sources of oil to eliminate using deep-sea rigs.

The massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico and the moratorium imposed by Obama dominated discussions at the World National Oil Companies Congress in the British capital, and a BP executive standing in for embattled CEO Tony Hayward was heckled by protesters. (AP)