what parts of the external environment ( general, industry, and competitive) do you believe BP considered or didn\'t consider prior to drilling off the gulf coast? what should the wedding business owners now consider in their external envieonment? Solution Parts which BP considereed prior to deilling off the gulf coast are economic, legal/political,global segment,and technology segments in the general environment and it also considers all the facets of industry and competitive environment that may have been their primary motivator in drilling off the gulf coast. BP dont considers General: demographic, sociocultural, and physical environment fully. Wedding business owners need to considersdemographic changes for geographic migration, economic segments particularly for rebuilding, the political/legal segment regarding the impact on their business of additional oil company regulation of oil drilling and operations, sociocultural preferences, technology requirements to avoid future business loss, the global segment regarding international company infiltration, and the physical environment to react and overcome disasters in the future.