Reply #10: It changed its name for the same reasons Blackwater changed

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theirs, to try to hide their human rights and safety records. But the victims of their abuse, or family members of those murdered on their behalf in places like Colombia, a change of name won't change their history.

The OP is correct regarding BP, and the rest of the Global Oil Corps operating like a 'sovereign state'. They didn't even need a military, they were given the services of other countries' military and law enforcement agencies. So yes, they probably are in shock at anyone having the gall to make demands of them. They are used to governments oppressing their own people on their behalf.