The saga of the effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster off the Louisiana coast continues (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jun/07/bp-deepwater-horizon-costs-soar) with the estimated costs to the company now reaching $1.25bn. It seems as if oil contamination of the marine and coastal environments will continue until at least August and it is certainly an awful event. I would just raise 2 peripheral issues. I wonder if the response from the US agencies and public would have been quite so vehement if the oil company involved had been American? I also wonder what will happen to the US imperative to look for more oil 'locally' (which means deep water drilling with all its potential uncertainties) so that they become less dependent on supplies from the Middle East?
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