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To: stockman_scott who wrote (81121)6/10/2010 8:09:58 PM
From: cirrus  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 89467
 
That's putting a benchmark on the cost of a blowout. Insurers ain't gonna touch that... and companies ain't gonna drill if a single screw up can kill the company. Would Delta Airlines be in business if one crash could mean the end of the company? This might be the tipping point, the beginning of a post-oil civilization.

BP's total liability could be as high as $177.6 billion, Goldman Sachs estimated.