it's funny how unencumbered by problems of ethics and law your cheerleading for capitalism allows you to be, ace. attempting to corner a market in commodity futures--not a problem. markets magically correct. fraud is a distortion introduced by an irrational state and made into a Problem by a hysterical media apparatus. and none of its necessary because of the mystical self-regulating capability of magickal markets framed through the circular magickal thinking of cheerleaders like yourself.
whatever.
here's a strategy document from march in which bp indicates just how big a deal deepwater drilling is (was?) for it's long-term strategy:
BP Strategy Presentation, March 2010 | ProPublica
the hall of mirrors:
BP Document: Big Plans for Deepwater Drilling - ProPublica
BP 'staked future on expanding offshore drilling' | Environment | The Guardian