uh no, I'd say the US government has them by the balls bro.
how the fuck else could it be? we're only keeping them around because they have the tools to get the job done.
we basically have complete control over them . . . they pull some shit, we make them pay more. if they act like they're not going to co-operate, we'll take control over them.
but they are co-operating . . . and the fact is we don't have ANYONE ELSE to help us . . . . no other oil companies are stepping up, the US government didn't have such ways to deal with this, this is literally our only option.