Good luck to BP.
Indeed. Can we steal the old Engine Charlie Wilson line and say "What's good for British Petroleum is good for the USA - or any other energy user?"
I think that BP needs a little work with a Deming type quality consultant. From Alaska to Houston to the gulf their American stories are about failures to do quality work that leads to excessive msitakes, spills, repairs and delays. This is no accident - the facts make it appear that it is in their culture.