The company has not yet been able to make a full assessment of the damage but believes it is unlikely that production would recommence at Chokchai for the remainder of the current quarter.
Rob Gross from Imperial College London, head of policy and technology assessment at the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), believes Inenco is presenting a worst-case scenario.
Republican Senator Lindsay Graham, who like McCain believes more forces are needed in Iraq, took aim at Casey's assessment that much of Iraq was under control.
The risk assessment is the perfect vehicle not only for high performers, but those high performers who the business believes are destined for high leadership.
Prof Jim Dornan said he believes medical staff have the competencies and experience required to carry out their own mental health assessment without the involvement of a consultant psychiatrist.