premise: So I think funds like the Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLE), which does not have any exposure to BP, could stand to benefit because <hypo> if this had dragged on..
hypothesis: <hypo> should be "the firms that are in this ETF -- ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), etc. -- are maybe not going to be subject to the same scrutiny that they would have been otherwise"