This is a foreign owned company, with numerous engineers trying to work the problem. Anyone who thinks that BP doesn't want to fix this to rebuid their status and financial viability is working on emotions.
BP wants to fix this. Can you imagine the conversations with their largest share-holders, board of directors, officers that goes on every day? Anyone who thinks BP, Transocean, Adarko, Halliburton, and others don't really want to fix this problem is clueless. They want this to go away. ASAP. There are too many ordinary people who have been dependent on BP dividends. They know this.
It will be resolved eventually, and the companies involved which give us the oil that fuels our economic machine will just be another footnote in history, much like Valdez was. Bank on it!
Plus, all this talk today about BP thinking bankruptcy is just that - talk. BP is the fourth largest company in the entire world. They make dozens of billions per year, and have huge cash reserves. They will fix this mess, and persevere, and turn into the one of the greatest buying opportunities ever seen. Mark my words.