Obama should be acknowledged for one thing.
He did not go out to the rig to visit. That would have shut down all operations for two days, and required all other ships to leave the area.
Oh...give him time....he is waiting on the hole to be plugged before he does his ‘victory lap’ on the rig. I predict he will be standing on that rig as soon as the danger of another explosion is over and the hole has been plugged.