I feel sort of bad for BP. As someone who has worked in the offshore subsea oil industry and when you got a 1 million dollar a day rig sitting there and you are way over budget(Macondo had at least 1 sidetrack)on your well costs the management rides you to get done and get off the well.
In this industry, time is money like no where else. BP has drilled hundreds of wells without incident but this time it was different.
It is big Money....high pressure for sure!