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The decision to run a long string, at least in part was to do with the long-term integrity of the well. >> well let me be fair to you, because im asking you to look with hindsight as to what happened and the decision that was made. but your own engineers warned in advance that this was a risky approach and id like to put on the screen whats called the plan review that your engineers prepared in mid-april, warning against the long string of casing as you can see your engineers said if you use the...

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...