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To run a cement bond log, do you believe those decisions reflect the normal decision-making process at bp or would you characterize those decisions as an exception to normal operating procedures. >> there's nothing i've seen in the tefd so far that suggests that anyone put costs ahead of safety. if there are, then we'll take action. let me put it this the way, mr. hayward, in the remaining time i have left. if you had been physically present on that rig along with the 11 men that were kill ed could you have made the same decisions that were made? would you have approved the decision to make on...

We'll probably be fine and get a good cement job? >> i think that e-mail is a cause of concern. i would like to understand the context in in which it was sent, and as i've said a number of times, if there's any evidence that people put cost ahead of safety,ly take action. >> i understand. let me finish with the cement bond. now, bp failed to perform the most effective test that was known to determine whether the cement was properly sealed and that's the cement bond log test. there was a contractor onboard, hired to perform this test, but they were sent away 11 hours prior to the explosion. thi...

>> i would think so. >> i would like to understand the context in which it was sent and as i have said a number of times, if there's any evidence that people put costs ahead of safety, then i will take action. >> i understand. let me finish with the cement bond. now you would -- bp failed to perform the most effective tests that was known to determine whether the cement was properly sealed and that's the cement bond log test. there was a contractor, schlumb schlumberge. the only test that can really determine the actual effectiveness of the bond between the cement sheets, the formation and the...

And as i said a number of times, if there is any evidence that people put costs ahead of safety i'll take action. >> i understand. let me finish with the cement bond. now, you would -- bp failed to per form most effective test known to determine whether the cement was properly sealed. and that's the cement bond log cap. there was a contractor on board hired to perform this task but they were sent away 11 hours prior to the explosion. this test was described by halll burton as quote the only task that can determine the actual effectiveness of the bond between the cement sheath, the formation an...

>> what do we know? >> congress is going to accuse bp's ceo of being cheap, of trying to rush the massive deep water horizon rig to quickly drill in the gulf of mexico. investigators at the house energy and commerce committee have read through internal bp company documents. thousands of them. that they believe show that bp tried to save millions on project that was running late and overbudget. a bp official wrote of the delayed project -- this has been nightmare well. writing the company took a low-cost approach to drilling the well. they say bp's designs saved $10 million and the company stim...