'Those morons don't know what they are doing'

James Cameron says British Petroleum turned down his offer to help

James Cameron says British Petroleum turned down his offer to help

Acclaimed director James Cameron (right) says 'morons' at BP turned down his offer to help stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well.

Cameron told a conference he offered to lend his expertise in undersea filming to the oil giant, which 'graciously' turned him down.

"Over the last few weeks I've watched, as we all have, with growing horror and heartache, what's happening in the Gulf and thinking those morons don't know what they're doing," he said.
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Contract workers hired by BP patrol the shore for oil in Dauphin Island, Alabama, yesterday.

The director of Titanic and Avatar made the comments a day after taking part in a brainstorming session called by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Cameron, who is considered an expert in undersea filming, said he believed he could help BP stop the flow of oil, considering his experience with directing robots at great depths.

"I know really, really, really smart people that work typically at depths much greater than what that well is at," he said.

Robots step in

Robot submarines steered a new cap to BP's ruptured undersea well in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday in the company's latest attempt to rein in the largest oil spill in US history. The cap was placed atop the pipe, but oil and gas continued to spew as engineers attempted to adjust it.