halliburton said that the well could have a severe gas flow problem if bp lowered the final string of casing with only six centralizers instead of the 21 that halliburton recommended. bp rejected the advice to use additional centralizers in an e-mail on april 16th. bp employee said it will take ten hours to install them. i don t like it. bp chose not to fully circulate the mud in the well from the bottom to the top which was an industry recommended best practice that would have allowed them to test for gas in the mud. bp chose not to use a chase casing hanger lockdown sleeve which would have provided extra protection from a blowout from below. these are a few of the issues that led to the disaster. once deepwater horizon exploded and sank to the bottom of the
i m afraid i can t recall. would you submit for the record, please. how long would the fully circulating of the mud have taken? i m afraid i can t recall that either. would you submit that for the record, please. now, bp made the decision not to install a casing hanger lockdown sleeve. can you assure the committee under oath that that decision was not made to save time and money? that was a decision i was not party to. how much did the installing of the lockdown sleeve save bp? i don t know. how much time did installing the lockdown sleeve save? i m afraid i don t know that either. now, you have received a letter from the chairman of the subcommittee and the full committee asking a series of questions. when will committee have the response to that letter?