IPayipi- BP link?

GIVEN the congenital secrecy with which the oil industry operates, it should not be surprised if conjecture and speculation runs riot. So it is with the iPayipi- BP link, or the speculation around it. Spigot has already noted that many of the iPayipi directors have BP connections: Clifford Elk was once a BPSA director, Dayer Natha was also once employed by BPSA. Not sure whether Yvonne Chaka Chaka has any links with BP, apart from in her hey day, suppling razzamatazz at various service station site openings for the company. There are also rumours that Riaz Jawoordien once consulted for the company. All that aside, it now appears that of the seven registered observers at Friday's public hearing into iPaypi's application for a pipeline licence, no less than four are BP SA executives. (Transnet will also be there,which should be interesting. Sussing out the opposition, perhaps?).