In fact, it is Dems and enviros fault for making them drill so far out and so deep. Closer in and shallower would be so much easier to drill, repair, cap, anything--but that would make waaay too much sense.
vaudine
Word in the oil patch is that Schlumberger hands on the rig to do a cement profile log had tried to get the BP company man to kill the well. It is common safety practice in the oilpatch for anyone to call a stop to the job when conditions are deemed unsafe. The company man refused so the Schlumberger crew called HQ and got a chopper ride home. This happened six hours before it blew.
I’ll bet the company man had comunications with his superiors not to kill the well. He will end up taking the fall for them, probably do a couple of years in a minimum security facility and retire with a large pension.