The topic of development is 
exceedingly sensitive for BP so soon after nearly 90 days of un­remitting pollution from the 
subsea oil eruption.

Indeed, with the US government sitting on one shoulder and the agitated Gulf Coast public overlooking the other, BP was quick to clarify chief operating 
officer Doug Suttles’ comments regarding such an eventuality 
following a press conference on 
6 August in New Orleans.

Suttles