BP are a global concern, a company with a +40% american ownership, they fit the American dream of capitalism without borders, so successfully that they are the worlds 4th biggest company. They employed multiple companies to effect this risk, Seacrest (owner of the platform) and Halliburton (where have I heard that name before!!!!!!) amongst others. Two months down the line certain engineers are saying that warnings were ignored and that BP are culpable. Two months. I'll say that again, TWO months. What I am trying to say is that this is a huge embarrassment to the US government, deep sea drilling is a massively risky venture and is going on all round the coast of America, primarily to feed the USA's enormous appetite for the stuff. It ain't coming here. The fault can be spread fairly around all concerns but I will say, would you allow someone to drill, virtually unchecked for oil, knowing that a mistake could lead to environmental disaster? Because that's what seems to have happened.