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Have learned so far is alarming. we have learned that time after time bp had warning signs that this was as, as one employee put it a nightmare well. bp made choices that set safety aside in exchange for cost cutting and time saving decisions. for example, bp disregarded questionable results from pressure tests after cementing in the well. bp selected the riskier of two options for the well design. and install a tie back on the top of the liner, which would have provided additional barriers to r...

Leading bps response to the spill. according to bp, these are the senior officials who were responsible for the macondo well but they, too, were apparently oblivious to what was happening. we could find no evidence that either of them received any e-mails or briefings about the deep water horizon rig or drilling activities at the well. bps corporate complacency is astonishing. the drilling engineer for the rig called macon ochdo a nightm well. other bp employees predicted the cement job would fa...

Warning, yes or no. >> i was not involved in any of the decision making around this time. >> this is the same thing youve been saying all day. what i want to know is, has anyone on your staff briefed you about halliburton warning your company we could have a severe gas flow problem, were you ever notified or briefed on this? yes or no? >> no, prior to this incident. >> did you hear about the, mails that occur. >> later that day a bp official involved in that decision who recognized the risks of ...

Production and the personnel leading bps response to the spill. according to bp, these are the senior officials who were responsible for the well, but they, too, were apparently oblivious to what was happening. we could find no evidence that either of them received any e-mails or briefings about the deep water horizon rig or drilling activities at the well. bps corporate complacency is astonishing. the drilling engineer for the rig a nightmare well. other bp employees predicted that the cement j...