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Avoided or lessened these risks. here is what the plan review said. if you use the liner, there would be less issue with landing it shallow. there would be a second barrier to gas in the annulus and higher chance for successful cement job. now you said that bp was supposed to be focused like a laser on safety, yet bp apparently overruled warnings of its own engineers and chose the more dangerous option. how can you explain that decision by bp? why were the safety recommendations of your own engi...

Questions. because isnt it true that youve served your life in bp? youve only recently become the ceo. but havent you been in this business most of your professional life? >> ive been in this business 28 years. >> 28 years. so you should have some knowledge about these issues. and i sent you a letter in advance asking you, you were going to be asked these questionsed a to be prepared to answer it. how can you explain this decision where you ignore -- not you, yourself, but people who work for yo...

To the top of the well. the safety document says if you use the liner and tie-back approach, which is what exxonmobil and other companies said you should have used, you would have avoided or lessened these risks. and heres what the plan review said. if you use the liner there would be less issue with landing it shallow. it would be a second barrier to gas in the annulus, and a higher chance for a successful cement job. now you said that bp was supposed to be focused like a laser on safety. yet b...

>> shep, across six hours of testimony before the house energy and commerce committee bp ceo tony hayward remained composed and cool never responding to provocations and refusing to join the blame game while various investigations are pending. none the less, lawmakers hammered heyward about the comments of the series of emails sent by engineers in emails the days before the explosion. emails that showed bp personnel cutting corners to save money. >> safety recommendations of your own engineers i...

Mobil and other companies said you should have used, you would have avoided or lessened these risks. heres what the plan review said. if you used a liner, there would be less issue wilanding it shallow. there would be a second barrier to gas in the annual is and a successful chance for a cement job. you said bp is focused like a laser on safety. yet bp apparently overruled the warnings of its own engineers and chose the more dangerous option. how can you explain that decision by bp? why were the...

Ceo, but havent you been in this business most of your professional life? >> ive been in this business 28 years. >> 28 years. so you should have some knowledge about these issues. and i sent you a letter in advance telling you were going to be asked these questions and to be prepared to answer. how can you explain this decision where you ignore -- not you yourself but people that work for you who should have known that it was your directive to be a laser on safety -- these warnings from people r...

Me fired up. bps ceo tony hayward finally faced the music on capitol hill today. lawmakers took it to him big-time. >> bp executives created an atmosphere where safety concerns were ignored. >> why were the safety recommendations of your own engineers ignored? >> i wasnt involved in any of the decision-making. its clear that there was some discussion amongst the engineering team and an engineering judgment was taken. >> its clear to me that you dont want to answer our questions. >> im not prepar...