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>> reporter: rps tried. >> who would have had that information? >> certainly, the drilling team in the gulf of mexico. >> you're the ceo of the company. do you have a technical expert who helps you with these things? >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of wells around the world. >> i know that's what is scaring me right now. >> hayward's eruption of frustration. >> one of the reasons i'm so distraught -- >> can you answer yes or no? >> i don't know whether you're distraught. >> i'm not prepared to draw conclusions about this accident until such time the investigation is conclude. >> this i...

Company. who was? if i'm a shareholder of pp, which i'm not, but if i am, how can i then have comfort that the ceo knows what's going on as far as safety on the rigs? or is it true it's all just about profit? >> there was a drilling team providing oversight of this well. >> there was a drilling team. >> i'm going to have to go to mr. waxman. mr. waxman questions, please. >> mr. hayward, when you became ceo three years ago, you said that safety was going to be your top priority, you would focus on it like a laser. your web site said safe and reliabrely able operations are integral to bp's succe...

>> and were you privy then to any other information, difficulties they had, the multiple gas kicks, losing the tools down the hole, the length of time they were with over the hole, moving quickly because we had spent too much time over the well? >> i had no prior knowledge -- >> who would have had that information? >> certainly the drilling team in the gulf of mexico. >> but you're the ceo of the company. >> and -- >> do you have any sort of technical expert that helps you with those things that would have been there? >> with respect, sir, we drill hundreds of well witheses a year around the w...