This is and industry wide problem (corrosion). I know some companies that have gone from quarterly to weekly statements.
I don't doubt that the corrosion is industry wide, I just don't trust BP to fix the problem in the best way possible, that will cause the least damage to the consumer. They will be more interested in their own bottom line, trying to make the repairs with as few workers as possible. You have no idea of the problems that are ahead on the west coast, even if the pipeline was reopened tomorrow. Instead of loading two tankers a day, they have been loading one every three days. The ships are sitting at docks in the Puget Sound with no where to go, and no more empty docks.