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Originally Posted by marketsmart
 HA HA, jokes on you... BP doesnt own the rig and therefore will not claim responsibility...
the company that owns the rig will just go bankrupt...
so, yes, in a way you are right... the taxpayers will pay to clean up the mess and BP will have another record 1/4.... 
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not really
the leaseholder is the responsible party, not the rig.
in this case the leaseholder is BP
also there is already a relief fund set up to cover these type incidents, everytime you buy gas a small percentage goes into this fund, but there could be an issue there since the fund has a cap of $100 million per incident, probably this cleanup will be more expensive to the prediction is that the cap will be challenged in court..