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Selon Asia Times Online BP est le principal fournisseur de fuel du Pentagone et cela ne devrait pas changer, quelque soit le verbe utilisé par le président Obama.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/LF19Dj02.html

En 2009 sur les 22,5 Milliards $US d’achat de combustible BP en aura une part significative (2,2 Milliards, 0,92% des 239 Milliard de son revenu brut):
“In 2009, according to the Defense Energy Support Center, the military awarded $22.5 billion in energy contracts. More than $16 billion of that went to purchasing bulk fuel. Some 10 top petroleum suppliers got the lion’s share, more than $11.5 billion, among them big names like Shell, Exxon Mobil and Valero. The largest contractor, however, was BP, which received more than $2.2 billion - almost 12% of all petroleum-contract dollars awarded by the Pentagon for the year.”

Et pourtant cela ne suffit pas à BP pour se conformer aux lois sur l’environnement d’un si bon client:
“According to the Center for Public Integrity, “BP account[ed] for 97 percent of all flagrant violations found in the [oil] refining industry by government safety inspectors over the past three years.”

BP a aussi plaidé coupable en 2007 d’une accusation de félonie sur le “Clean Air Act” à la suite de l’explosion d’une raffinerie au Texas (15 morts) en 2005. Mais l’amende n’a représenté qu’un trait de plume sur ses bénéfices:
“Slocum [director of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen’s energy program] sees a 2007 guilty plea by BP Products North America for a felony violation of the Clean Air Act - stemming from a 2005 explosion at a BP refinery in Texas that killed 15 workers - as evidence that stronger sanctions are now warranted. The fine resulting from the Texas disaster was just a “blip on their balance sheet”, he says. “

Après tout ça, suite à la tragédie du golfe du Mexique, President Obama en est encore à chercher des fesses à botter ..