BP is most certainly not going under. They are still making millions per day (er per hour), even with this extreme leak. They are talking about the oil they tapped into being enough for decades of pumping.
On another note, not sure if it was covered in the other thread, but I've read this has happened to two other rigs (Not BP). Both had to have a relief well drilled to stop the leak. One in South America took over 6 months to stop and one in Australia took almost 10 months to stop (took numerous times to hit the original drill pipe).
These other tries by BP were just to amuse people while they were starting the relief drilling. They are also doing two at once, which they didn't do in the other two instances. Hopefully this will all finally end in the next few weeks and then we can really see what the damage will be.
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