The British administration is worried that unfavorable judgment towards energy company BP for its failure to control the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may hinder the country's kinship with the United States (US).

The scale and rage of the US attacks are said to have distressed David Cameron.

With US midterm polls just 5-months away, Whitehall functionaries are understood to be worried that the matter is turning a political football in the US.

According to a few American politicians, the company (BP) should be banished from future government orders. The decision would be expected to benefit US contenders like ExxonMobil and Chevron.

The debacle has come up in talks between William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, and his US counterpart, Hillary Clinton.

But, Downing Street refused to say any word on whether the issue has been raised between Cameron and US President Barack Obama.

Business Secretary Vince Cable warned that the crisis was having "major indirect effects" on the British economy.

BP is the major supplier of oil and gas to the US military with orders valued at $2 billion per year.

The company is loosing its support from other oil firms as the industry faces the prospect of a halt to the expansion of offshore drilling. Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, was called "the most hated and clueless man in America" by the New York Daily News. (With Inputs from Agencies)