BP Plc (BP)

[z4lover]

Oh really? Why should the US government get them?? The federal government was responsible for the haphazard approach to safety... While they ramped up oil drilling rights to BP and others without any safety checks...

"WASHINGTON — The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species — and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf.

Those approvals, federal records show, include one for the well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers and resulting in thousands of barrels of oil spilling into the gulf each day."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/us/14agency.html

oh and look at this statement from Obama on oil and offshore drilling March 31st 2010