IF the block has indeed been lifted then I for one will be delighted, after all it was put in place to protect MMS, with that gone the other culprits in this affair, who did actually fail miserably in their "professional" capacities can be dragged before an investigation and roasted to the same degree that BP has been from day one.

In the attitudes shown BP stood up and shouldered their responsibilities while the other ducked and ran, the MMS to stave off recriminations got a name change, and Transocean and Halliburton made a bloody fortune rectifying mistakes that were avoidable and entirely their own.