The real deal is that he wants to let BP off the hook for as little as possible.
They contributed big time to home and this is he repayment. First, a government report that says 75% of oil gone. Introducible in any court. This greatly limits damage claims by effected parties.
Next, don't let the media, or anyone else find any of the oil to film. This makes the government report indisputable, since no one can collect any evidence it is wrong.
I wonder how big the payoff to Obama was?
In the video, you can see BP's little clean up "bobcat" type things. The reporter says that BP is only allowed to clean up manually, and down to 6 inches, not the 18" that the machines dig down to sift out the tar balls.