I definitely agree with you that what has been done to rectify this mess is nothing short of a logistical and engineering miracle but let’s not act as if BP’s hands are totally clean here. The most definitely are not!
TRUE. BP will end up being the sacrificial lamb. The reason they were allowed to 'skip' or 'skimp' on the job procedures, was not to save BP money. It was to get the well online so that the company taking over the PRODUCTION on the well could benefit, and so the administration could claim it had solved the US oil problem.
Those 'experts' in DC got in a bit of a rush, wanted BP out of there, and the well in PRODUCTION.
That is the cause of this disaster. But BP will get the blame and has already spent over $800 million on this. That doesn't include the price of turning the relief wells into production,nor the lost drilling platform.
Obama and crew screwed themselves, and the public, and BP. What a crew.