Only if they could have taken the incompetents in DC with them. The incompetent drilling company in the middle, chosen because it was on the PC white list, is the most at fault. They tried to blame Halliburton, but its people took one look at the work being done and left as it was deemed unsafe.
BP had a reputation for going cheap, at the expense of the lives of their refinery employees. They can go to hell as far as I’m concerned.