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Guy, actually before i turned 20 -- 21 years old, we actually drilled the first oil that was brought in on the north slope with an old churn drill and it only went down to 1200 feet and we hit oil. that was an old eastern texas -- with a churn drill they brought him up to the north slope, the contractors did. he helped bring that in because the pressure wasnt enough to make it really flow. i isnt word in after i hit the oil, to the tool pusher who was named henry for, true story. and henry came ...

The real fortune just a young guy, actually before i turned 20 -- 21 years old, we actually drilled the first oil that was brought in on the north slope with an old churn drill and it only went down to 1200 feet and we hit oil. that was an old eastern texas -- with a churn drill they brought him up to the north slope, the contractors did. he helped bring that in because the pressure wasnt enough to make it really flow. i isnt word in after i hit the oil, to the tool pusher who was named henry fo...

The ability and everybody has ability. is that something when you were working out there that that was important, that was emphasized, safety was a huge issue? >> safety was always the number one priority for us. safety meetings continually. it was just a routine thing. yes, anybody, anybody from a roust about up to a tool pusher had the responsibility to point out anything that they saw that they thought was unsafe. and that was another thing that i thought about in this disaster. there had to ...

Yes, anybody, anybody from a roust about up to a tool pusher had the responsibility to point out anything that they saw that they thought was unsafe. and that was another thing that i thought about in this disaster. there had to be a company man pressuring and forcing somebody, you know, at transocean to do something they probably didnt think was safe and somehow somebodys objections got overridden. and thats unfortunate. >> as you know, obviously, a lot of folks here in louisiana are concerned ...

Site that have what is called stop farther authority. in other words if they see something thats going on that compromises safety or integrity, they have the ability to stop production. but im told that bp doesnt give that authority, that it is further up the chain of command. is that correct? and if so, is that something that bp may consider changes given whats happened? >> on a drilling operation such as this, anyone can stop it. the bp man, the transocean driller, the transocean tool pusher, ...