As to the wider international implications of the unfolding disaster, one analyst on the call summed up the feelings of many by asking whether the company had noticed a "tightening of the screws". Mr Hayward said BP was receiving support from all around the world. Fears have been raised that some governments might take advantage of the company's woes to push BP out of energy projects. The Brazilian government was singled out for praise and the country's oil majors were said to be interested in what BP had learned thus far from the Gulf of Mexico situation.