flow and on tuesday, the other oil companies that we talked to told us they would have chosen that design. looking back, the decision that bp made appears to have had serious consequences. mr. hayward, were you involved in that decision? >> i was not involved in that decision. >> were you aware of that decision. >> i was not involved or aware of any of the decisions around this well as it was being drilled. >> we asked your representatives who were the senior bp executives responsible for the mccondo well, we were told it was andy english and doug suttles, was andy english involved in this decision? >> i don't know, i would be very surprised. >> what about doug suttles involved in the decision? >> i would also be very surprised if mr. suttles was involved in that decision. >> we find no evidence that they ever received briefings on the