Cameron said he has offered to help the government and BP in dealing with the spill. He said he was “graciously” turned away by the British energy giant.

He said he has not spoken with the White House about his offer, and said that the outside experts who took part in the EPA meeting were now “writing it all up and putting in reports to the various agencies.”…

Among the key issues that Cameron said he is interested in helping the government with are methods of monitoring the oil leak and investigating it.

“The government really needs to have its own independent ability to go down there and image the site, survey the site and do its own investigation,” he said.