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WEEK. THERE WERE SOME BRIEF AUDIO DIFFICULTIES AT THE START OF THIS EVENT. [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] >> THIS MORNING THE BOARD WAS INFORMED...
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THE BOARD WILL RESCHEDULE TO RECEIVE HIS TESTIMONY AT THE NEXT HEARING IN MID JULY. SO WE WILL TAKE TESTIMONY OF MR. HARRELL FROM TRANSOCEAN THIS MORNING....
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CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> GOOD MORNING, MR. HARRELL. ARE YOU REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL...
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TRANSOCEAN COUNCIL? >> TRANSOCEAN. >> PLEASE REASON RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. UPON AGENCY OF
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THE UNITED STATES IS PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR PRESIDENT UNDER THE U.S.A. 1001. THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND...
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IS YOUR COUNCIL? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. HARRELL, CAN YOU PLEASE STAGER NAMED AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME. >> JIMMY WAYNE
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HARRELL -- HARRELL. >> BY WHOM ARE YOU EMPLOYED COMMISSARY? >> TRANSOCEAN. >>
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WHAT POSITION DO YOU
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HOLD? >> OFFSHORE POSITIONER. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT THE YM? >> SIX AND A HALF YEARS. >> ANY BRIEFLY DESCRIBE
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YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
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AT TRANSOCEAN? >> OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY ON EVERYTHING COMING YOU KNOW, I'M OVER THE ENTIRE RATE ALONG WITH
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THE CAPTAIN. >> PRIOR TO BECOMING OIM, AND YOUR DUBIOUS OIL EXPERIENCE? CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON
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THAT. >> I WAS DRILLER, DEREK MAHON, ALL THE WAY DOWN. >> ALWAYS TRANSOCEAN? >> NOT ALL OF IT.
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I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TRANSOCEAN SINCE 1979. I WORKED FOR TWO OTHER COMPANIES PRIOR. >> HAVE YOU BEEN ASSIGNED TO DEEPWATER
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RISING? >> JANUARY 22, 2004. IT WILL BE A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS, SIX AND A HALF. >> AT THE TIME OF
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THE INCIDENT, HOW LONG WERE YOU WHEN A HITCH? >> I HAD
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BEEN OUT A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS. I HAVE SIX DAYS ON THE 21
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DAY HITCH. >> AT ANYTIME DURING THE DURATION OF THE WELL, WERE YOU MADE AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC DRILLING PROBLEMS SUCH AS
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LOST RETURNS, STUFF PIPE, IF TYPE, SEE MEANT OF THE CASING, ANY OTHER ISSUES? >> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DRILLING OF THE WELL -- THE >> I WAS
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TAKING PLACE FROM MARCH THROUGH
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APRIL. >> YEAH. >> CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE ON WHAT TYPE OF PROBLEMS YOU ON COUNTER BIKES >> IT WAS SEVERAL CASES, YOU KNOW,
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LAST RETURNS. TOOK A COUPLE OF KICKS AND THEN
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HAD STUFF TYPE, ACTUALLY NOT BE SIDETRACKED. >> CAN YOU PLEASE INFORM ME WHAT IT MUST RETURN IT? >> THAT'S WHEN THE FORMATION AND THE WEIGHT OF THE DRILLING
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FLUID, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE THAT IT EXERTS. >> HOW ABOUT
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A KICK? >> THAT'S WHEN YOUR MUD GRADIENT IS NOT DENSE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY
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THE FORMATION. >> AND ALL OF THESE ARE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS THAT COULD LEAD TO LATER PROBLEMS IN THE WELL? >> WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.
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YOU KNOW, -- >> CAN YOU BRIEFLY
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GO THROUGH THOSE EIGHT OF THE 20th AND UP TO THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT? >> YEAH, WE HAD
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RUN KEY CASE AND THE DAY BEFORE. SEVEN-INCH AND CEMENTED
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AND ACTUALLY PULLING OUT OF THE HOLE TO GO DISPLACE AND RUN A TOP LOAD. WE DID HAVE A LOADED SISTERS COME UP THAT DAY. VPN TRANSOCEAN. SPENT THE BETTER...
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SAY 21:15 AND GOT DONE WITH THE MEETING, WHICH IS A BRIDGE AND LOOKED AT PERMITS, CLOSED OUT PERMIT AND TALKED WITH THE SENIOR TOOL PUSHER. AND THEN,...
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DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> IT WAS A MAJOR EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY, YOU KNOW, A SECOND EXPLOSION. A LOT OF BACKTRACKED AND
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| 00:08:30 |
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LIVING QUARTERS. IT TOTALLY DESTROY THE LIVING QUARTERS OVER THERE ON THE STARBOARD SIDE WHERE I WAS TAKING A SHOWER IN THE STATE ROOM. AND I MANAGED...
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| 00:09:59 |
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FROM? >> YOU DISCONNECT THE MARINE RAZOR PACKAGE FROM THE LOWER MARINE BROWSER PACKAGE. >> AND HOW DOES THAT
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TODAY? >> FROM EITHER THE DRILLERS PANEL OR TOOL PUSHERS PANEL. >> WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ACTIVATE THE
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SYSTEM? >> WELL, THERE IS THE
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DRILL FLOOR AND IT WOULD EITHER BE THE DRILLER OR THE TOOL
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PUSHER, MYSELF AND I GUESS AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A REAL EMERGENCY, EVEN THE CAPTAIN. IF WE EXCEEDED THEY SAVED IT DISTANCE, IF WE WAIT TOO LONG....
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YOU THINK THE DRILLER OR ANYONE ON THE RIG FLOOR HAD THE ACCESS TO
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OPERATED AT THE TIME? >> I DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE I CALLED UP THERE VIA TELEPHONE AND RADIO, NO RESPONSE. >>
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BACKUP A FEW SECONDS AGO, YOU SAID SOMETHING YOU HAD SOME VISITORS ON YOUR RIG THAT DAY. WHAT TIME DID THEY ARRIVE? HE SAID FROM
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VPN TRANSOCEAN. >> IT WAS ROUGHLY AROUND 1030. >> AND IT WAS THAT? >> I WAS PAT O'BRIEN, DAVID SANDS, DON WINSLOW AND I
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| 00:11:32 |
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BETRAY HIM. >> DON AND BUDDY WERE TRANSOCEAN, THE OTHER TWO WERE BP. >> AND WHY WERE THEY COMING? >>
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A RIG VISIT. RECENTLY, WE HAD JUST MADE SEVEN YEARS OF NO LOST TIME AND DIDN'T AND THEY WANTED TO GO OVER THAT WITH
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US AND CONGRATULATE US ON THAT. AND PRETTY MUCH ALL THE OTHER THINGS RUNOVER, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR PLANNED MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET A BETTER...
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THE INCIDENT REPORTING THEIR? CAN YOU REFER TO THE DATE THAT HIGHLIGHTED AT
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NUMBER ONE? WHAT IS THE DATE ON THAT IS THAT? >> SIXTH OF MARCH, 2008 GREAT >> INDIGO DUNGEON NUMBER FIVE AND TELL ME WHAT THAT IS? >> EXCUSE ME, CAPTAIN,...
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I GET A PAGE NUMBER? >> I DON'T HAVE A PAGE NUMBER ON IT. >> IT SAYS LTA,
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BUT ACCORDING TO OUR RECORDS, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN LTA. IT SAYS 53 DAYS. THAT COULDN'T
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BE RIGHT. >> SO WHO REPORTED BACK TO THE MMS? WHO REPRESENTED THAT? BP OR
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TRANSOCEAN? >> I GUESS IT WAS BP. >> SO THE ONLY REASON THEY WERE COME TO RECOGNIZE HE WAS FOR A LONG TIME ACCIDENT AND DISCUSS SAFETY? >> THAT'S CORRECT....
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THE WELL OR PROBLEMS BEEN DELAYED? >> NO, NOTHING ABOUT DELAYS OR ANYTHING.
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TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WAS THERE ANY
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POLICY IN TRANSOCEAN TO LOCK ANY PORTION OUT OF THE GOP START? >> NO, IT WAS NOTHING ABOUT THAT. >> IF THERE ISN'T A POLICY, YOU ANYWHERE OTHER TIME...
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IN A
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TRANSOCEAN RIG? >> I HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE A DIFFERENT RIG. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. BUT LIKE I SAY, EVERYTHING IS REPORTED
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TO BP AND MMS. YOU KNOW, ANY PROBLEMS. >> WE DON'T RECEIVE REPORTS ON APPEAL P. STACK IS BLOCKED OUT. >> WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? LUCKY NOT
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A FUNCTION? >> FUNCTION
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AND AROUND. >> YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION? >> NOT REALLY. >> CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC? >> CAN YOU DISABLE THE OTHER SHARE OF THE GOP? >> YET COME YOU...
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IT FROM THE PANEL. >> WAS A DISABLED IN THIS INSTANCE? >>
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NO. >>
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YOU KNOW IF ANY MODIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE STACK? ANY TYPE OF
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MODIFICATIONS? >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THIS TYPE? FROM TRANSOCEAN STANDPOINT? >> IS IT POSSIBLE
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TO MAKE THEM? I GUESS YOU COULD COME YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS UP ON SURVEYS. >> AND WOULD MAKE SUCH MODIFICATIONS OR
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| 00:15:05 |
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THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE OIM? >> I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH
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THE OIM, BUT THAT WOULD BE MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE IN ENGINEERING INVOLVED
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ALSO. >> PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY GOP STATUS, TO A
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MYSTERIOUS MODIFICATION? ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE BOP? >> IS A PRETTY BROAD QUESTION. >> I THINK IT'S PRETTY DEFINED. >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A LEEK?...
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THEORY? >> NO, SIR. >> ANY
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| 00:15:52 |
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MODIFICATIONS TO THE LOCK? >> ANY MODIFICATIONS MADE BY CAMERON AT THE RIG? >> KAMRAN? >> THE PEOPLE
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WHO SOLD YOU THE BOP STACK. >> OUT WHAT
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TIME? >> ANYTIME WHEN YOU RUN THE RATE. DID CAMERON SHOW UP AND MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE LOGIC? >> DURING
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THE SIX-YEAR PERIOD? >> ANYTIME. >> I DON'T KNOW, THEY CHANGE SOME PAY BEING AND OTHER THAN THAT I
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DON'T KNOW. >> ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE RICIN BOP INSURANCE ANALYSIS COMPLETED IN MARCH 2001? >> YES, I AM. I
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DO REMEMBER. >> IS VERY COPY THAT ON YOUR
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RIG? >> YEAH, THERE WAS A COPY. >> IN THE STUDY
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IDENTIFIED THERE WERE TWO OTHER 60 FEELY WAS SEVERED REQUIRE THE POLLING OF THE BOP ON THE MARINE
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PACKAGE. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. >> CAN YOU REFER TO THE RTP FALCON STUDY IN FRONT OF YOU? THE TOP OF THE PAGE. AND I'M REFERRING TO
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| 00:17:05 |
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A STUDY OF RKB INSURANCE ANALYSIS. CAN YOU REFERENCE THE NUMBER THAT SAYS HOW MANY FAILURE MODES THAT COULD REQUIRE POLL IN FOR THE BOP? >> I SEE WHERE...
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| 00:17:35 |
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FULL BOP. >> WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CONTROL POD ON THE BOP AT THE TIME OF THE
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| 00:17:44 |
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INCIDENT? >> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. >> WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCUMULATORS AT ALL OF THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT? >> NOT THAT I
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CAN RECALL. >> HOW ABOUT THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS? >> NOT THAT I CAN RECALL. >> WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS
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| 00:18:05 |
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A CONTROL IF YOU HAVE A FAILURE? WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT OF THAT OPERATION? IF YOU IDENTIFY YOUR
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| 00:18:11 |
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DECONTROL VILLAGER, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO DO QUITE >> WE WOULD'VE HAD TO PULL THE BOP. >> IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, YOU PROVIDED THE COAST GUARD AFTER...
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| 00:18:24 |
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YOU SET THE BOP CONTROL PANEL
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| 00:18:27 |
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AS BEING ABNORMAL AFTER THE EXPLOSION ON A RATE. CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE AFTER WHAT SHE MEANT BY ABNORMAL? >> IT WAS THE LIGHTING. IT DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT,...
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| 00:18:41 |
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THE CONTROLS DURING THE EXPLOSION. >> I'VE DONE SOME -- A CURSOR REVEALED SOME OF THE OTHER WRITTEN WRITTEN STATEMENTS AND IT APPEARS THERE WAS SOME FORM...
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| 00:18:58 |
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WITH THOSE BP BROUGHT OUT THE RIG AND PEOPLE ON THE BRIDGE THAT ART WOULD BP. YOU HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF THAT OR WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH THEIR? >>...
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| 00:19:16 |
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MARINE CREW AND GO THROUGH SOME BP SIMULATOR CONTROLS, SIMULATION ONLY. >> SO THAT EMULATION WOULD NOT IMPACT EMERGENCY DISCONNECT SYSTEM. >> NO, SIR,...
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| 00:19:32 |
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ALL. >> YOU ARE A SUBSIDY ENGINEER TO ACTIVATE THE EDS? >> YES,
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HE DID. >> AND WITH THAT AGAIN? >> WAS PLEASANT. >> DID YOU SEE INACTIVATED? WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE ACTIVATION OCCURRED OR WAS ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATED?...
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| 00:19:51 |
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IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. IT WAS LIKE THE PANEL
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WAS DEAD. >> WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY OF THE DRILLING PROGRAMS IN THE BYPASS OF THE LAST 30 DAYS? >> DRILLING PROGRAM
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| 00:20:08 |
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WAS CONSTANTLY CHANGED. >> AND WHO WERE
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| 00:20:14 |
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YOU IN COMMUNICATION WITH DIRECTLY ABOUT THOSE CHANGES? >> THE COMPANY MAN. >> AND WHO
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| 00:20:20 |
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IS THAT? >> OR DIFFERENT ONES DURING THE TIME PERIOD. RONNIE SPOTTED ZERO,
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| 00:20:28 |
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BOB COLLUDES. >> AT THE TIME OF THE ANSWER WAS A TYPICAL COMPANY MAN SCHEDULE WAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP AT
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| 00:20:36 |
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THE TIME? >> IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL. I THINK ROB AND DON WAS DOING A SHORT CHANGED THAT DAY AND WHAT WOULD BE ON
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| 00:20:45 |
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THE UNIT SEAMEN AND THE OTHER ONE STAYED UP TO MEET WITH THAT BP VISITORS THAT CAME OUT. >> DID YOU RECEIVE AND ACTUALLY VIEW THE PERMITS THAT WERE APPROVED...
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| 00:21:03 |
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TO DRILL? YES, SIR. BUT THEY ARE ALL POSTED IN THE
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| 00:21:10 |
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WELL-PLANNED. >> ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THOSE BP AND BRIDGE OCEAN DOCUMENT FROM THE DEEPWATER HORIZON? >>
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| 00:21:19 |
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YES, SIR, I HAVE A COPY. >> WHAT IS YOUR ROLE? >> JUST I HAVE TO LOOK OVER -- IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES. THE BRIDGING DOCUMENT IS
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| 00:21:31 |
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PRETTY SHORT. >> BUT THE BRIDGING DOCUMENT REFERENCES BACK TO THE TRANSOCEAN MANUAL. SO WHAT ARE YOUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE AGENCY
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| 00:21:40 |
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AND THAT MANUAL? >> TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE FEEL WE HAVE POLICIES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR TRANSOCEAN AND ALSO WE HAVE A
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| 00:21:49 |
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LIAISON WITH BP TO MAKE THEIR POLICIES ALSO. >> SO ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENT, AS YOU ALLUDED TO EARLIER, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATIONS BY THE...
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| 00:22:03 |
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DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. >> AFTER THE SENDING OF THE SEAMEN IN THE PRODUCTION CASE, WHAT WAS THE NEXT STEP IN THE WELL? >>
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| 00:22:17 |
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WE HAD TO PULL OUT -- HAD TO PULL OUT AND DISPLAYS THE SEAWATER AND
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| 00:22:28 |
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THEN PLUG THE LAST BLOG. IN FACT HE WAS 8367 DEATH. AND THEN WE HAD SOME REMEDIAL WORK TO DO FOR US. THEY HAD TO RUN A LEAD IMPRESSION LOT DOWNPLAYS....
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| 00:22:55 |
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BAO GAME AS ATTESTED IN THE CAVE AT ABOUT 11:55? >> NOW, I DON'T RECALL. I JUST DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT THERE IN THE OPERATION AT ALL
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| 00:23:07 |
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TIMES. >> ATTENDED TO BEGIN OFFLOADING INTO THE BOAT? >> I
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| 00:23:14 |
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DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THE BOAT WAS ALONGSIDE -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OFFLOADING OR PUMPING THAT? >>
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| 00:23:20 |
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PUMPING THAT. >> ITEM MULTICOMPANY MUD THAT DAY. >> WERE YOU OFFLOADING? YOU WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING TO THE SUPPORT VESSEL NEXT TO YOU? >> I CAN'T RECALL...
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| 00:23:39 |
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THE TIME. >> YOU ARE THE OIM AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUPPORT VESSEL WAS DOING NEXT TO THE? >> HE WAS GETTING READY
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| 00:23:48 |
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TO PUMP MUD. >> PRIOR TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE ACTUAL RICIN WAS EARLY DISCUSSIONS WITH DU OR ANY OTHER
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| 00:23:59 |
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TRANSOCEAN PEOPLE WITH THOSE
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| 00:24:02 |
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BP VISITORS ON THAT DAY? >> WE ACTUALLY HAD A TOUR AND WENT TO THE
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| 00:24:11 |
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RATE FLOOR, VARIOUS PLACES ON THE RIG. >> AND WHAT WAS DISCUSSED? >> NOTHING REALLY. I DID STAY BEHIND ONCE I GOT TO THE DRILL FLOOR BECAUSE THEY
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| 00:24:24 |
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WERE HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE ANNULAR HOLDINGS AND I TALKED TO THOSE DRILLER SUBSEA AND ASKED THEM TO INCREASE THE ANNULAR PRESSURE. >> HOW MANY...
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| 00:24:45 |
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OR WHAT? >> NEGATIVE. >> I HAD A GOOD TEST THE FIRST TIME IF THEY WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN. EDIT COMPANY MAN, DOWN. >> AND WHY
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| 00:24:55 |
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DID YOU WANT TO DO IT AGAIN? >> HE WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO KEYLINE ALSO. >>
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| 00:25:02 |
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WHETHER DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN
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| 00:25:05 |
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BP AND TRANSOCEAN ON THIS PROCEDURE OR WHY THEY WERE DOING A? >> NO,
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| 00:25:10 |
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SIR. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO DO ANOTHER NEGATIVE
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| 00:25:16 |
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TEST. >> OKAY. WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN YOU AND BP OF ANY TYPE OF UNSAFE WORKMANLIKE ACTIVITIES
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| 00:25:25 |
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WITH DISPLACED AND HORIZON? >> NOW, WE HAD ONE LITTLE DISCUSSION. THE FIRST PLAN I SEEM TO HAVE A NEGATIVE TEST IN IT, SO I TOLD THEM IT WAS MY
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| 00:25:36 |
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POLICY TO DOING NEGATIVE TEST. >> AND IDEOLOGY THAT? >> YES, SIR. >> EARLIER YESTERDAY WE HAD AN TESTIMONY SAYING THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF HEATED...
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| 00:25:55 |
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YOU WHEN THE COMPANY MAN. YOU KNOW WHAT HE MAY BE REFERRING TO? >> I DON'T REMEMBER ABOUT NO HEATED DEBATE. WE DID TALK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE TEST. HE...
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| 00:26:07 |
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AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT A NEGATIVE TEST. AND WE JUST REMAINED AFTER THE MEETING AND I TALKED WITH HIM IN THE DRILLER. AND...
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| 00:26:35 |
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DISPLACING? >> I'M SURE THERE WAS. WE DO THAT BEFORE EVERYONE. >> WHAT WAS COVERED IN THAT DRILL? >> I WAS NOT AFTER
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| 00:26:42 |
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THE DRILL. I WAS WITH THE VISITORS. >> WAS ANYONE MONITORING THE RETURNS OF THE TIME OF
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| 00:26:54 |
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THE INCIDENT TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF FLOW WAS COMING BACK FROM THE
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| 00:26:58 |
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WELL? >> I'M SURE THERE WAS. THEY HAD A SECONDHAND, ALSO THE DRILLER MONITORS AND ALSO
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| 00:27:07 |
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THE MUD MONITORS MONITOR. >> YOU KNOW WHY THEY MUD BLOGGER WITH THE FLOW OF THE RETURNS BEFORE IT WAS OVERFLOWED? >> I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS. I DIDN'T...
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| 00:27:17 |
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ABOUT
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| 00:27:21 |
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THAT. >> MR. HARRELL, WHICH YOU PULL YOUR MIC DOWN CLOSER TO YOU? THEY ARE RECORDING IN THE BACK. >> IS THAT
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| 00:27:29 |
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BETTER? >> DO WE CALL SOME TANK CLEANERS BEEN ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT? >> YES, SIR. >> WHAT WERE
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| 00:27:38 |
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THOSE THEREFORE? >> THEY WERE RECLAIMED IN THE MUD PITS. >> WERE THEY IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE MUD PITTSBURGH TO THE INCIDENT? >>
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| 00:27:46 |
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I BELIEVE THEY HAD FINISHED UPON TANKS AND THEY WERE
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| 00:27:50 |
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GETTING READY TO CLEAN SOME OF
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| 00:27:53 |
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THE SUFFRAGE PIT AFTER DISPLACEMENT WAS COMPLETE. >> ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY TRAINING OR SAFETY NOTICES THAT THE CL HAS IMPLEMENTED SINCE THIS INCIDENT?...
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| 00:28:09 |
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I'M NOT. >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE DEEPWATER HORIZON WAS GOING AFTER ITS COMPLETION THAT MISSISSIPPI CAN IN 252? >> YES,
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| 00:28:19 |
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IT WAS GOING TO THE NILE WELL-TO-DO A COMPLETION. >> WHAT
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| 00:28:26 |
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WELL? >> .DENIAL. >> FROM OUR INDICATION IT SAYS IT WAS 43 DEFLATE FROM AN APPLICATIONS ADMITTED BY DP TO GO TO A WHILE AND ABANDONED
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| 00:28:39 |
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THAT WELL ACTUALLY, WHICH THEY PAID FOR FEBRUARY 2nd. AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THAT FLIGHT ON MARCH 8. IN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON APRIL...
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| 00:29:11 |
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ON WHAT YOU TOLD ME BEING ABOUT 20 MILLION BEHIND ON THE WELL? >> NO, SIR. NOT
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| 00:29:17 |
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ON
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| 00:29:21 |
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ME. >> WITHOUT QUESTION, IS THERE ANY TIME WHERE YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE OPERATIONAL SAFETY
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| 00:29:29 |
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BEING AFFECTED BY RIG EFFICIENCY AND RIG RATES? >> I'M SURE AT TIMES, PEOPLE WANT TO GET IT DONE, YOU KNOW, AND I TRY TO
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| 00:29:44 |
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MEET TIMELINES, BUT NEVER JEOPARDIZE SAFETY OF OUR OPERATION. >> AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE MORE LAST TIME, YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID IT, BUT THE ONLY...
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| 00:29:56 |
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COMPLETION OF BP AND HIS COUNTERPART WERE ON THE RATE WAS TO COME TALK SAFETY? WHO NORMALLY COMES FROM BP TO TALK SAFETY? >> THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT...
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| 00:30:20 |
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HAVE, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. I DOES HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. WERE YOU ON THE RIG WHEN IT TRANSFERRED FROM PANAMA TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS AS FAR...
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| 00:30:43 |
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ABOUT THE SAME TIME, TRANSOCEAN STOPPED AND HAD ABS INSPECTOR WITH PACKAGE. ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT? >>
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| 00:30:51 |
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NO, WE STILL HAD ABS TO COME OUT. >> YOU STOPPED HAVING THEM DESPITE THE RIG PACKAGE. THEY INSPECT THE RIG,
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| 00:30:59 |
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BUT NOT THE
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| 00:31:02 |
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DRILLING PACKAGE. BE MORE SPECIFIC. WAS IT ABOUT THE SAME TIME LIKES TO THOUSAND FIVE? >> READY PRETTY CLOSE. >> WAS ANY TRANSFERRING BETWEEN THE FLAG...
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| 00:31:24 |
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A COINCIDENCE? >> I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> WHEN ABS COMES OUT, DO THEY COME TALK
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| 00:31:33 |
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TO YOU? >> YEAH, I TALKED TO THEM WHEN THEY
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| 00:31:37 |
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COME. >> DO THEY EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE OUT THERE BUT THEY'RE GOING TO
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| 00:31:40 |
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INSPECT? >> YES. >> WHEN THEY CAME OUT IN
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| 00:31:44 |
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2005, DID THEY LET YOU KNOW THEY WEREN'T GOING TO INSPECT THE DRILLING PACKAGE. >> I CAN'T SAY THAT.
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| 00:31:50 |
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I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WAS ON BOARD WHEN THEY CAME OUT IN 2005. >>
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| 00:31:55 |
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SO YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN OFF-DUTY AND SOMEONE MUST HAVE BEEN THERE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY, THANK
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| 00:32:03 |
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YOU. >> IN THE COURSE OF CONDUCTING REMAKE IT IF TEST, HOW
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| 00:32:12 |
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DO YOU TYPICALLY BLINDER PIPING GOLF ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT? YOU SAID HE WANTED TO DO A SECOND TEST BECAUSE HE WANTED TO KEYLINE? HOW DID YOU CONDUCT...
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| 00:32:33 |
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DRILL PIPE. YOU PUMP SEAWATER UNTIL YOU CONDUCT YOUR TAILPIPE AND ALL THE WAY BACK UP UNTIL ABOVE YOUR ANGULAR WITH YOUR SPACER. >> SO WHAT DID YOU DO...
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| 00:32:48 |
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ANGULAR? >> .COM YOU HOLD THE MUD WHERE THE WATER CLOSES. >> SO IT'S NOT COMPLETELY TREECE WATER GRADIENT AT THAT POINT IN
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| 00:32:58 |
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TIME, CORRECT? >> I MEAN, GADGETS. >> YOU HOLD IT ON
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| 00:33:01 |
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THE BACKSIDE? >> YOU HAVE JOE PIPE. YOU HAVE SEAWATER AND THE DRILL PIPE AND YOU HAVE SEAWATER IN THE GIL LINED. AND NEITHER
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| 00:33:13 |
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ONE WOULD NEED THE SAME PRESSURE AS FAR AS I'M NOT THAT TWO MAYBE 367. >> SO WHAT DID HE WANT TO DO ON THE SECOND TEST? >> HE WANTED TO COME UP THE GIL...
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| 00:33:28 |
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GUESS, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO USE ONE LINE. >> HOW DID YOU DO
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| 00:33:33 |
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WITH THE FIRST TIME? HE DID AT THE SECOND TIME COMING UP THE LINE IN THE BACKSIDE? HOW DID YOU DO THE FIRST TEST? >> WE DID IT UP
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| 00:33:40 |
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THE DRILL PIPE. >> SO YOU HAVE WATER IN THE DRILL PIPE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 8357 AND THEN YOU HAD IT BACK UP TO THE
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| 00:33:49 |
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ANGULAR, CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. [INAUDIBLE] >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> BY PUTTING UP THE JOKE WEINKE DO YOU SEE WATER GRADIENT ON THE FRONT SIDE AND...
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| 00:34:05 |
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BACKSIDE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THE FIRST CASE YOU DIDN'T GIVE YOU A TREECE WATER GRADIENT BECAUSE YOU ARE STOPPING IN ON THE BACKSIDE? >> WELL, IT WOULD.
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| 00:34:14 |
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I MEAN, STILL FROM THAT DEPTH, YOU'VE GOT
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| 00:34:19 |
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SEAWATER. I MEAN, IT WAS GOING TO FLOAT IT WOULD FLOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEAWATER ALL THE DRILL PIPE. >> WHERE WOULD YOU SEE THAT FLOW OUT? >> UP TO...
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| 00:34:33 |
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YOU OBSERVE ANY WATER AT THAT TIME? >> I DEPENDS DOWN ON THE ANGULAR AT ONE
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| 00:34:43 |
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TIME. THERE WAS FLUID
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| 00:34:45 |
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COMING OUT OF THE RISER AND DROPPING DOWN IN THE RISER. >> SO ON THE RISER SIDE WAS DROPPING AND YOU WERE GETTING FLOW UP THE DRILL
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| 00:34:59 |
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PIPE? >> YES, SIR. >> WHICH ANGULAR IN THAT PAST DID YOU HAVE COME IN THE UPPER THE LOWER? >> I THINK IT WAS THE
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| 00:35:15 |
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UPPER. >> WHEN YOU START DISPLACING, WHAT'S THE NORMAL PROCEDURE FOR DISPLACING THAT? DO DISPLACE IT BY BACK TO
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| 00:35:22 |
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THE TANKS? >> THE MUD AND THE WHOLE? >> YES, SIR. >> FOR THE NEGATIVE TEST? >> WHAT'S THE NORMAL PROCESS FOR DISPLACING MUD OFF OF THE RIG TO THE BANK?...
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| 00:35:38 |
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MUD PIT. >> OKAY, YOU DON'T DISPLACE TO THE BOAT TO SAVE TIME? >> NO, WE ARE NOT UP TO DO THAT. >>
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| 00:35:49 |
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YOU ARE NOT SET UP TO DISPLACE DIRECTLY OUT OF THE HOLE TO TRIP TANKAGE RACKLEY TO DEVOTE? >> NO,
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| 00:35:56 |
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SIR. >> THE TRIP TANK IS ON THE MANIFOLD? >> NO, SIR. >>
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| 00:36:04 |
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THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, SIR. I JUST LIKE TO GO BACK HERE AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION. DO YOU HOLD IN
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| 00:36:22 |
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THE COAST GUARD ISSUED LICENSES OR CERTIFICATES? >> YES, I DO. >> AND WHAT DO YOU HOLD, SIR? >> I HOLD THE OFFSHORE INSTALLATION BADGE LICENSE. >>
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| 00:36:36 |
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YOU'LL DUELED A MASTER'S LESSONS AS WELL, SIR? >> NO, NOT A MASTERS
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| 00:36:42 |
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LESSONS. >> OKAY. THEN YOU ARE ON A RIG SUCH AS THE ONE YOU'RE DEALING WITH, WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS WITH THE
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| 00:36:50 |
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CHAIN OF COMMAND. WHAT'S AROUND THE HOLE, WHO IS IN CHARGE, THE MASTER OR YOU? >> LATCHED UP IT WOULD EAT THE OIM, WHICH WOULD BE ME. >> DOES THE CAPTAIN...
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| 00:37:05 |
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POINT OR WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND
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| 00:37:08 |
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HIM? >> A CAPTIVE AND I WORKED TOGETHER. LIKE I SAY, WHEN WE ARE LATCHED UP, I'M IN COMMAND.
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| 00:37:16 |
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UNLATCHED, HE IS IN COMMAND. >> SO AS LONG AS YOU ARE LATCHED UP, YOU'RE IN COMMAND. WHEN YOU UNLATCH, HE IS IN COMMAND. >>
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| 00:37:24 |
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YES, SIR. >> THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZATION CHART? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> NOW, YOU
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| 00:37:32 |
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MENTIONED ABOUT AT DEBATING THE BOP ANY MENTION A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND SAID THE CAPTAIN, EVEN THE CAPTAIN AND
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| 00:37:42 |
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AN EMERGENCY. IS THERE OTHER TIMES THE CAPTAIN IS NOT AUTHORIZED THAT YOU HAVE TO ASK SOMEBODY'S PERMISSION SUCH AS YOURSELVES OR IS HE FREE TO DO...
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| 00:37:59 |
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COMMUNITY -- COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH. NORMALLY IT WOULD BE A DRILLER PUSHER ON THE OIM TO DO THE EDS. >> THE GUESS MY ARE AS DOES THE CAPTAIN OF...
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| 00:38:18 |
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IT'S APPROPRIATE WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY? >> HE DOES IN AN EMERGENCY. >> DESCRIBE WHAT AN EMERGENCY WOULD ENTAIL. >> WELL, THAT WOULD HE HAVE, YOU KNOW,
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| 00:38:31 |
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SAY HE THOUGHT SOME OF THE KEY PERSONNEL WERE TAKEN OUT FOR THIS EXPLOSION,
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| 00:38:36 |
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FOR INSTANCE. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A CERTAIN TIME YOU HAVE TWO EDS. BUT ALL SITUATIONS, HE WOULD NOT EDS. >> IT WOULD EITHER BE YOU OR THE SENIOR DRILL...
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| 00:38:56 |
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TOOL PUSHER. >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE. YOU MENTION HE WENT TO A MEETING AND IT ENDED ROUGHLY
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| 00:39:05 |
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ABOUT 9:15, 21:15. COULD YOU TELL US WHO ALL ATTENDED THAT MEETING? YOU RECALL? >> IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM TRANSOCEAN
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| 00:39:17 |
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LIKE SUPERVISORS ALONG WITH PAT O'BRIEN, BP, DAVID SANDS, BP, MYSELF, SENIOR TOOL PUSHER AND DON WINSLOW, TRANSOCEAN AND READY TRADE AND, TRANSOCEAN...
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| 00:39:43 |
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ABOUT ME THAN AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD GOING ON, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE
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| 00:39:50 |
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TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS ALONG WITH THE SEVEN-YEAR NO LIFETIME INCIDENT. >> DO YOU RECALL ANY OF THE SPECIFICS ABOUT MAINTENANCE OR OTHER ITEMS RELATED...
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| 00:40:03 |
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YEAH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAINTENANCE, WHILE WE WERE GOING TO DO AT THE END OF THE MACABRE
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| 00:40:12 |
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JOKE BETWEEN AND NOW. IN GENERAL, JUST BEING OUTBID WITH BP, EVEN NOW, ON THE MAINTENANCE THAT WE NEEDED TO PERFORM, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF EACH WELL,...
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| 00:40:41 |
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WEIRD I MEAN, WE ALWAYS DO A MAINTENANCE LIST, YOU KNOW, AND GO OVER WITH
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| 00:40:47 |
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TRANSOCEAN AND BP ON THE RIG. >> I DO HAVE ABDICATION FOR A CERTAIN MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE WAS REQUIRED OR ADVISABLE AND BASICALLY BP TOLD YOU KNOW,
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| 00:41:01 |
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YOU NEEDED TO MOVE ON BECAUSE THEY NEED TO CHOOSE SOMEPLACE ELSE? >> NOT REALLY. I CAN'T RECOLLECT THAT. >> STUFF YOU DECIDED THE MAINTENANCE WAS REQUIRED,...
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| 00:41:14 |
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GET DONE DESPITE -- >> IF THERE WAS
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| 00:41:17 |
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CRITICAL MAINTENANCE , YES. PGH >> WAS IN A CRITICAL MAINTENANCE NEEDED TO BE DONE BEFORE IT MOVED OUTSTATION TO THE THE
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| 00:41:24 |
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NEXT THOUGHT? >> WELL, WE
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| 00:41:26 |
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SUBCRITICAL IN BETWEEN WELL MATTERS. >> DO YOU RECALL WHAT THAT
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| 00:41:32 |
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WAS? TO THE BEST OF YOUR RECOLLECTION, SIR? >> WE HAD A FEW ISSUES WITH WHAT WE WANTED TO
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| 00:41:39 |
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DO, CHECK SOME -- INSPECT
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| 00:41:43 |
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SOME ARMS. WE HAD SOME UPS IS THAT WE HAVE TO OUT. >> I'M SORRY, SIR, COULD YOU EXPLAIN UPS? >> THAT IS A BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM. >> FARWELL, SIR? >>...
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| 00:41:57 |
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THAT
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| 00:42:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
RIGHT NOW. I'D HAVE TO LOOK IN RMS TO FIGURE OUT
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| 00:42:07 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHAT ALL BATTERY UPS HAD TO BE CHANGED. IT WAS A PRETTY LENGTHY LIST. >> YOU RECALL HOW WHEN YOU ESTIMATED IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TO DO WHILE THIS MAY...
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| 00:42:20 |
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TO SEVEN DAYS. >> A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF
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| 00:42:26 |
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TIME? >> YES. >> I WANT TO SHIFT OUR FOCUS HERE FOR JUST A MINUTE IF I COULD END AGAIN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS HERE AND
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| 00:42:44 |
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I'M NOT TRYING TO EMBARRASS YOU OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT AS IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT ALL THE POSSIBLE FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CASUALTY....
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| 00:43:07 |
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PRECEDING THE EVENTS ON THE 20th, DO YOU RECALL HOW MUCH SLEEP YOU GOTTEN THOSE TWO
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| 00:43:13 |
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PREVIOUS DAYS? >> I'D SAY SIX OR SEVEN HOURS. >> WOULD YOU CONSIDER THAT -- >> SIX OR SEVEN HOURS EACH DAY. A TOTAL OF 12 TO 14. >> IS A PRETTY NORMAL?...
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| 00:43:29 |
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MUCH. >> YOU MENTION THERE'S PEOPLE FROM TRANSOCEAN AND READ. DID YOU FEEL ANY PRESSURE, CONCERNS TO
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| 00:43:37 |
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THE FACT THAT YOU ARE OUT THERE IS SUCH AS PART OF THE JOB? >> IS PART OF THE JOB HE HAD NO CONCERNS WHATSOEVER. >> AND AGAIN, COULD
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| 00:43:49 |
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YOU WELL MIGHT BRIEFLY WHET YOUR INTERACTIONS WERE ON THAT DAY? HE TALKED ABOUT TAKING THEM ON A TOUR OF THE RIG, SEVERAL MEANINGS, WELL
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| 00:43:57 |
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AS YOU DO? >> I WAS PRETTY MUCH HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TOM THE
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| 00:44:06 |
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WHOLE DAY. >> LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS? >> THE TOUR LASTED A LONG TIME AND JUST GETTING EVERYTHING SETUP, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT PEOPLE THEY WANTED TO MEET...
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| 00:44:17 |
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WERE OUT THERE. IT PRETTY MUCH TOOK THE WHOLE DAY. >> YOU SAID IS PART OF THE JOB, DO YOU SEE IT AS A DISTRACTION TO HAVE TO DO THAT? >> NOT
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| 00:44:31 |
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REALLY. I MEAN, IF IT WAS I WOULD PRIORITIZE WHAT I NEEDED
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| 00:44:37 |
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TO DO. >> SO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT IF HE FELT THERE WAS DEMANDS OF THE JOB AS FAR AS THE DRILLING GOING ON BUT YOU COULD SIMPLY SAY SORRY GUYS, I'VE GOT...
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| 00:44:45 |
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TAKE CARE OF THIS. >> YEAH, WE WOULD TAKE A TIMEOUT FOR THAT ANYTIME. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU A
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| 00:44:54 |
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LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMERGENCY TRAINING, FIREFIGHTING, LIFE-SAVING DRILLS WITH THE LITERATURE ON BOARD THE VESSEL. ARE
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| 00:45:01 |
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YOU FAMILIAR WITH BASICALLY THE WATCH BOARD STATION BUILT ON THE DEEPWATER? >> YES, SIR. >> AND CAN YOU OUTLINE WHAT ARE YOUR GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES...
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| 00:45:17 |
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SHIP. WHAT ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, SIR? >> I GO TO THE BRIDGE. AND LIKE I SAY I'M IN CONTROL OF WELL-CONTROLLED AND ALL THAT AT ANYTIME DURING DRILL...
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| 00:45:28 |
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IS SHOT IN. >> YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES CONSIDER FIREFIGHTING? OBVIOUSLY, YOU HEARD THERE A EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY A
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| 00:45:39 |
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FIRE. WHAT IS YOUR? >> THE CAPTAIN TAKES OVER AND HE'S RESPONSIBLE. >> USERS POSSIBLE
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| 00:45:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FOR FIREFIGHTING. >> WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES DURING THE FIREFIGHTING? >> I'LL BE ON THE BRIDGE COORDINATING
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| 00:45:58 |
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WHATEVER WE NEED WORKING WITH DIFFERENT
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| 00:46:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EMERGENCY TEAMS,
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| 00:46:02 |
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BACK UP TEAMS. >> ARE IN YOUR TIME IN THE DEEPWATER HORIZON, IT'S A FAIR YOU PARTICIPATED IN EMERGENCY
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| 00:46:16 |
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DRILLS? >> EVERY WEEK. >> EVERY WEEK YOU CAN YOU SAY THAT WITH A SMILE. >> YES, SIR. >> AND YOU GUYS HAVE A SET
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| 00:46:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TIME YOU DID A? >> NORMALLY ON SUNDAY AT 10:00. PRETTY
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| 00:46:30 |
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MUCH
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| 00:46:33 |
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ROUTINE. >> DID YOU EVER DO ONE AT NIGHT OR IN BAD WEATHER, DO YOU
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| 00:46:45 |
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RECALL? >> NOT A PLANNED ONE AT NIGHT. >> SO PRETTY MUCH EVERY SUNDAY AT 10:00? >> PRETTY MUCH. >> YOU RECALL WHETHER OR NOT YOU INDIVIDUALLY RECEIVED
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| 00:47:02 |
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TRAINING ON LAUNCHING OF THE LIFEBOATS? >> YES, SIR. I DID RECEIVE
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| 00:47:07 |
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TRAINING. >> IF YOU RECALL HOW FRITO-LAY THAT
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| 00:47:10 |
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WAS CONDUCTED? >> I KNOW IT WAS DONE
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| 00:47:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THERE AND I WENT TO THE LIFEBOATS
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| 00:47:20 |
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OF OTHER PEOPLE, JUST TO REFRESH MYSELF, YOU KNOW -- >> DID YOU EVER PRACTICE THE RANGE LIFEBOATS FOR NEW REPAIR? >> YES. >> DID YOU EVER LOAD THE...
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| 00:47:35 |
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IT DURING ATRIAL? DO YOU RECALL? >>
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| 00:47:40 |
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YES, SIR, YES WE DID. >> YOU RECALL HOW MANY TIMES? >> WHEN YOU SAY LOOTING, A LOT OF TIMES WE LOATHE THEM, BUT WE WILL LOWER IT WITHOUT ALL THE PEOPLE....
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| 00:47:54 |
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AND THEN PRACTICED LOWERING IT. DID YOU RECALL AN OCCASION WHERE
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| 00:48:00 |
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YOU LOADED THE LIFEBOATS AND LOWERED IT WITH THOSE PEOPLE ON THE BOAT? >> NOT WHILE I WAS THERE. >> NOW, YOU MENTIONED FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE...
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| 00:48:21 |
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NOVEMBER 1 ON THE FORWARD DECK. >> WHAT WAS YOUR BOWL ONCE YOU GOT
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| 00:48:27 |
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THERE? >> TRYING TO GET EVERYONE IN AND MAKE SURE
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| 00:48:31 |
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EVERYONE WAS MUSTARD. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS REAL CHAOTIC BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE
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| 00:48:36 |
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ACTUALLY JUMPING OVERBOARD. AND I DID WANT TO INSPECT THE LIFEBOATS ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXPLOSION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT TOOK A PRETTY BIG HIT FROM THE...
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| 00:49:02 |
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COULD. I HAD A LOT OF INSULATION AND METHANE GAS IN MY EYES, YOU KNOW, I DONE THE BEST
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| 00:49:07 |
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I COULD. >> YOU RECALL WHO WAS TAKEN THE HEADCOUNT THERE BEFORE YOU GUYS LAUNCHED THE LIFEBOATS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR LIFEBOATS THAT
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| 00:49:17 |
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IS? >> I THINK IT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS DEIRDRE PINSKY. I'M NOT SURE. TO THE BEST OF MY
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| 00:49:26 |
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RECOLLECTION. >> DO YOU RECALL WHEN IT FINALLY CAME TIME TO BASICALLY A BEARDED SHIP AND LAUNCHED THE LIFEBOATS, WHO GAVE THAT
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| 00:49:35 |
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COMMAND? >> WHO GAVE THE COMMAND? >> IF ANYBODY. >> I CAN'T RECALL. I KNOW WE WAS TRYING TO GET EVERYONE UP TO GET THEM IN THE LIFEBOATS AND GO OVER
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| 00:49:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE MUSTER. AND I CAN'T RECALL. THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAUMA AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THAT TIME. >> T. RECALL ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE LAUNCHING OF THE LIFEBOATS...
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| 00:50:11 |
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PRACTICED DRILLS? >> YEAH, IT WORKED REALLY GOOD. >> TO THE REST OF YOUR RECOLLECTION ANYWAY, WHAT KIND OF STUFF FOR EQUIPMENT WAS CONTAINED IN THE LIFEBOATS...
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| 00:50:23 |
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FOOD AND ALL THAT STUFF? >> THERE IS ALWAYS WATER AND FOOD. >> YOU RECALL IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF CUTTING DEVICE, A KNIFE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >>...
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| 00:50:35 |
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YES, SIR. >> WE DON'T HAVE NICE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD NEED ONE. YOU CAN'T HAVE A CABLE NO WAY. >> I GUESS WHAT
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| 00:50:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I'M REFERRED TO HIS RECENT TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE LIFE RAFT WASHED AND POTENTIALLY SOME PROBLEMS WITH GETTING IT AWAY FROM
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| 00:50:52 |
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THE RATE. THE TETHER WAS DIFFICULT THAN THEY COULDN'T GET OFF IT ULTIMATELY HAD TO CUT IT, BUT REPORTEDLY NOBODY ON THE LIFE RAFT HAD A KNIFE AND THAT'S...
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| 00:51:12 |
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THE POUCH. >> I SEE. THANK YOU,
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| 00:51:20 |
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SIR. >> I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>
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| 00:51:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
EYES AND QUICK QUESTIONS. EARLIER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT VINDICATION WITH EMERGENCY DISCONNECT SYSTEM. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE SHUTDOWN SYSTEMS
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| 00:51:35 |
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IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM? >> AM I FAMILIAR WITH THEM? >> I KNOW WE HAVE EMERGENCY SHUTDOWNS OF THE ENGINE. >> WAS ANY TRUNCATION AT ANY TIME TO SHUT DOWN
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| 00:51:46 |
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THE ENGINES? >> NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF. >> IS THE REASON
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| 00:51:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHY THERE WAS NO DIRECT INDICATION WITH THEM OR SETTING ON THE WELL-CONTROLLED DRILL IS THERE NICK INDICATION
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| 00:51:56 |
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THAT THE ENGINE ROOM? >> IT IS WITH THE BRIDGE, THAT ACTUALLY I'M NOT AWARE OF WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATIONS THEY HAD WITH THE BRIDGE. >> ALSO, ARE YOU
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| 00:52:07 |
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AWARE OF ANY BOP EVENT OR ACTION ONE THAT'S KEPT ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON ELECTRONICALLY OR IS TRANSMITTED TO THE
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| 00:52:16 |
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BEACH? >> YEAH, WE DO HAVE A LOG IN THE CCU ROOM. YOU CAN GO BACK AND
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| 00:52:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CHECK ANYTHING. >> THAT IS SUBMITTED. >> YES IT WILL. .. >> I WOULD SAY BOTH. >> ALL RIGHT. WHEN DID YOU GET NOTIFICATION THAT THE COMPANY FOLKS...
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| 00:53:42 |
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WITH YOU? WASN'T ON THAT MORNING, OR WAS IT WELL PLANNED OUT? >> I KNEW SEVERAL DAYS AHEAD OF TIME. I DID MAKE SOME CHANGES, PERSONNEL, THAT ACTUALLY...
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| 00:53:54 |
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OUT. >> I KNOW IN THE COAST GUARD, WHEN PEOPLE DOES OUR UNIT WE DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE IT TOO MUCH BECAUSE IT KIND OF MESSES UP OUR DAY-TO-DAY
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| 00:54:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SCHEDULE. AND I THINK YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THERE WAS VISITORS COMING ON, AND YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ATTENDED A MEETING, A TEST ART MEETING....
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| 00:54:27 |
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WHEN THE COAST GUARD AND THE MMS, ANY CLASSIFICATION COMES OUT AND YOU HAVE A PRE-MEETING AND YOU START TALKING ABOUT WHY THEY
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| 00:54:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ARE THERE, WHY REGULATORS ARE THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY A CLASS, ABS COMES OUT AND THEY'RE COMING OUT TO DO THEIR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF THE ENGINE....
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| 00:55:16 |
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CAPTAIN. EVERYBODY INVOLVED. >> DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A SAY IN WHAT'S GOING TO GET LOOK AT? >> WELL, YES. WE ARE DEADLY TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE WE
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| 00:55:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DO IT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON TRACK. >> IF I
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| 00:55:31 |
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CAME OUT AND INSPECTED THE RIG AND I SAID I WANT TO TEST NUMBER THREE AND IT WAS ONLINE, COULD WE SHIFT IT,
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| 00:55:38 |
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TAKE IT OFF-LINE AND PARALLEL IT UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE TO TEST ITS. WAS DEFINITELY. >> WHAT IF ABS ASKED? >> WE WOULD DO THE SAME THING. >> AND YOU...
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| 00:55:54 |
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THE OPERATION YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH
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| 00:55:56 |
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THAT? >> YES,
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| 00:55:59 |
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SIR. >> OKAY. HOW MANY MANUALS DO YOU GOT UP THERE TO LOOK AT? HAVE YOU GOT ENOUGH GUIDES OUT
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| 00:56:07 |
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THERE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. >> I HAVE PLENTY OF MANUALS TO REFER TO. >> OKAY. YOU WERE
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| 00:56:16 |
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TALKING ABOUT CHAOS. >>
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| 00:56:19 |
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CHAOTIC EXPECT YOUR TALK FOR TALK FOR GETTING OFF THE RIG, CHAOS AFTER THE EXPLOSION. PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY
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| 00:56:25 |
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COME OUT THERE AND VISIT WITH YOU, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE, EVEN I GOING THE RIG, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ONLY EVERYBODY GETTING IN THE BOATS...
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| 00:57:13 |
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PROPER STATIONS AND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EXPECT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, YOU DO YOUR JOB AS YOU PRACTICE, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO THAT'S WHY...
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| 00:57:47 |
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YES. >> THAT WOULD IT BE A SUPER SHEER OR BLIND SHEER RING. >> ALL RIGHT. FREE TOWER MEETING, THERE IS
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| 00:57:54 |
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A DISCUSSION, AND THERE
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| 00:57:57 |
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WAS TESTIMONY YESTERDAY, SAID YOU WERE GRUMBLING ON THE WAY OUT, SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A PINCHER. >> I THINK I WAS MAYBE THE DAY BEFORE. I SHE WASN'T...
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| 00:58:09 |
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ABOUT THE PHONE SEAMEN JOB. TO WATCH THE NITROGEN IN THE RISER. THAT COULD BE A BAD THING, TOO. BECAUSE THAT WAS PHONE SEAMEN JOB. >> WE HEARD YESTERDAY...
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| 00:58:30 |
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CORRECT. >> AND THAT'S TRANSOCEAN'S POLICY? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> IF A COMPANY MAN TURNS TO YOU AND SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT DO YOU...
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| 00:58:41 |
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YES, SIR. >> I LOOK AT THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, TO SEE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. WE DON'T JUST DO IT BECAUSE THE
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| 00:58:50 |
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COMPANY MAN SAYS DO IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> YOU MENTION PHONE SEAMEN JOB. WHY WOULD YOU A PHONE SEAMEN JOB? >> KIND OF THE LOSSES WE
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| 00:59:05 |
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HAD. TO ASSIST IN THE SEAMEN, HOPING WE WOULD HAVE
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| 00:59:17 |
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LOSSES. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING TYPICAL ABOUT THIS CEMENT JOB, OR A TYPICAL? WAS ANYTHING ODD ABOUT THIS CEMENT JOB AT? >>
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| 00:59:29 |
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NOT REALLY. >> NOT REALLY? BUT YOU ARE PUMPING FOAM CEMENT. HOW MANY TIMES HAD YOU ALL PUMPED FOAM CEMENT? >> WE DO
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| 00:59:38 |
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IT A LOT ON SURFACE. USUALLY DON'T DO IT QUITE THIS DEEP YOUR. >> HOW MANY TIMES HAD YOU
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| 00:59:49 |
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DONE IT THIS DEEP? >> I'VE DONE IT, I'VE DONE IT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AROUND, AROUND
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| 00:59:55 |
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THE SAME DEPTH. I WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES
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| 00:59:58 |
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BEFORE THIS. >> TO TIMES BEFORE THOSE ON THE HORIZON, OR TWO TIMES BEFORE THIS IN YOUR EXPERIENCE. >> IN MY
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| 01:00:06 |
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CAREER, OTHER RIGS. >> HOW MANY TIMES ON THE HORIZON? >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ON THE HORIZON THAT I CAN RECALL. >> YOU BEING THE OIM
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| 01:00:17 |
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I WOULD THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR CREW. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXPENSE LEVEL OF YOUR
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| 01:00:25 |
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GROUP? HOW MANY TIMES A DAY EXPERIENCED A FOAM CEMENT JOB? YOUR DRILLERS, TOOL PUSHERS, ALL YOUR PERSONNEL IN THOSE KEY POSITIONS. >> THEY ARE NOT ACTUAL...
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| 01:00:43 |
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THE FOAM JOB. >> BUT THESE GUYS ARE ON THE FLOOR. >> YEAH, THEY DO IT BASICALLY EVERY WAY. >> SO YOU'VE HAD FOAM
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| 01:00:53 |
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CEMENT JOBS ON EVERY WELL AT THE STEP? >> NOT AT THIS DEPTH. I DIDN'T SAY AT THIS
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| 01:00:59 |
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DEPTH. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING ODD
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| 01:01:01 |
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ABOUT THIS JOB WITH A PERFECT TEXTBOOK SEEN IT CASE?
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| 01:01:08 |
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DID YOU TAKE ANY LOSSES ON RETURNED WEIRD WE'RE DOING THIS CEMENT JOB? >> THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT WERE ODD BECAUSE I SAID IF I DIDN'T GET A GOOD...
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| 01:01:20 |
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PRESSURE OF UGLY 70 PSI I WOULD RUN A CBO, WITH SLUMBER J. AND CBL WOULD BE? >> THAT WOULD TELL THEM WHAT THEY HAD CEMENT? >> THE
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| 01:01:35 |
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SEAMEN BOND. >> AND DID THEY GET THE LIFT THEY THOUGHT THEY'RE GOING TO GET? >> YES, SIR. THEY DO. >>
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| 01:01:43 |
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DID YOU GET YOUR
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| 01:01:45 |
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RETURNS BACK? >> WE HAD RETURNS THROUGHOUT THE CEMENT JOB. >> DID YOU GET THE RIGHT RETURN? >> YEAH, WE HAD FULL RETURNS. >> THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE...
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| 01:02:06 |
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QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. GOOD MORNING, MR. HARRELL. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MR. HARRELL, YOU TESTIFIED A FEW MONTHS
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| 01:02:25 |
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AGO, SIR, ABOUT SMELLING METHANE GAS OR
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| 01:02:30 |
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HAVING METHANE GAS RISE WHEN YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO EVACUATE THE RIG. DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, SIR? >> WELL, I GOT INSIDE THE QUARTERS IS WHEN...
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| 01:02:44 |
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BREATHING IT IN AND GETTING IT IN YOUR EYES. ALSO, YOU KNOW, I MENTION INSULATION SO IT WAS EITHER THE METHANE OR INSULATION IN THE EYES. >> MY QUESTION,...
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| 01:03:02 |
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POINT PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION THE EVENING OF APRIL 20? >> NO, I DON'T. >> DO YOU RECALL SMELLING ANY GAS OR ANYONE COMMENTING ABOUT GAS BEING AROUND...
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| 01:03:17 |
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THAT DAY? >> YOU SAID THAT THEY? >> THE DAY OF APRIL 20, YES. >> NINE PART TO THE EXPLOSION RIGHT. YOU ARE ALSO ASKED SOME
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| 01:03:33 |
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QUESTIONS, SIR, ABOUT THE CHANGEOVER OF THIS RIG FROM PANAMA TO THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND THE STOPPING OF THE INSPECTION OF THE DRILLING EQUIPMENT....
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| 01:03:54 |
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QUESTION, SIR, IS BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010, DO YOU RECALL
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| 01:04:03 |
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AT ANY POINT EITHER THE COAST GUARD OR THE MINERAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE REQUIRING THAT YOUR RIG HAVE A CERTIFICATION FOR YOUR GOING EQUIPMENT? >> I CAN'T...
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| 01:04:27 |
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QUESTION A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY. BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010, WAS YOUR RIG INSPECT
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| 01:04:33 |
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IT ON A REGULAR BASIS BY COAST GUARD REPRESENTATIVES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINERAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE? >> YES, IT WAS. >> AND DO YOU RECALL DURING...
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| 01:04:48 |
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REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTIFICATION FOR YOUR DRILLING EQUIPMENT, THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE? >> I DON'T RECOLLECT THAT. >> NOTHING FURTHER. THANK YOU. >> THANK...
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| 01:05:03 |
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SIR. TRANSOCEAN, DO YOU HAVE -- >>
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| 01:05:09 |
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GOOD MORNING, MR. HILL. DAVID JONES ON BEHALF OF CAMERON. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
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| 01:05:40 |
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TALK ABOUT TIMING AND SEQUENCE, AND TO HELP US OUT AND GOING TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOUR STATEMENT. NOW, AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM READING YOUR STATEMENT,...
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| 01:06:20 |
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STATEMENT YOU GAVE ON THE BANKSTON AFTER THE
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| 01:06:23 |
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INCIDENT? >> IT WAS. THAT HAS MY SIGNATURE AND ALL. >> OKAY. SO ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT
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| 01:06:30 |
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AT 2150 HOURS, YOU ARE TAKING A SHOWER AND YOU HEARD
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| 01:06:34 |
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AN EXPLOSION, IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AFTER THAT YOU THEN SMELLED GAS, FELT A STRONG BACKGROUND AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER
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| 01:06:44 |
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EXPLOSION? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> APPROACHMENT HOW LONG AFTER THE FIRST EXPLOSION TO THE SECOND EXPLOSION OVER? >> IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER. I WOULD...
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| 01:06:52 |
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WITHIN THREE SECONDS. >> OKAY. SO THERE WAS A PERIOD OF MINUTES. IT WAS ONE EXPLOSION
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| 01:06:57 |
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AND THAT ANOTHER EXPLOSION IMMEDIATELY? >>
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| 01:06:59 |
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YES, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT. AND PRESUMABLY YOU GOT SOME CLOTHES ON AND MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE RIG,
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| 01:07:06 |
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CORRECT? >> WELL, YOU SAY THE RIG -- I'M SORRY, UP TO THE BRIDGE. >> I DID. LIKE I SAY, EVERYTHING WAS TOUR UP IN THERE.
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| 01:07:16 |
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I DID MANAGE TO GET
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| 01:07:19 |
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PARTIAL CLOTHES ON AND MAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE. >> OKAY. ON THE WAY UP TO THE BRIDGE, DID YOU SEE ANY FIRE? >> OH, YEAH. >>
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| 01:07:29 |
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WE'RE SPECIFICALLY DID YOU SEE FAR? >> I SEEN THAT BEFORE TO THE BRIDGE. YOU COULD
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| 01:07:35 |
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SEE FROM INSIDE THE QUARTERS. >> WAS THE DEREK ON FIRE
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| 01:07:39 |
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AS WELL? >> YEAH. IT WAS ON FIRE. >> THERE WAS SOME TESTIMONY
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| 01:07:45 |
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EARLIER IN
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| 01:07:46 |
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THESE PROCEEDINGS ABOUT MUD RAINING DOWN WHEN YOU ARE GOING FROM THE QUARTERS
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| 01:07:50 |
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TO THE BRIDGE. DID YOU SEE MUD RAINING DOWN. >> IT WAS SLICK OUT THERE. I COULDN'T SAY THAT IT WAS MUD. I MEAN COME IT COULD'VE BEEN GAS AND OIL FOR...
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| 01:08:01 |
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KNOW. IT'S JUST VERY SLIPPERY. >> OKAY. DID YOU SEE EITHER MUD OR GAS AND OIL COMING OUT FROM ANYWHERE ON THE
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| 01:08:09 |
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RIG FLOOR AS YOU ARE MAKING YOUR WAY UP? >> NO, I SEEN FIRE, LIKE IT WAS PROBABLY COMING FROM, SOME TYPE OF GAS OR OIL
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| 01:08:18 |
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BURNING. >> OKAY. WHEN YOU GIVE IN TO THE BRIDGE YOU HAVE A NOTE HERE THAT THE B.O.P. CONTROL PANEL
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| 01:08:26 |
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WAS ABNORMAL, AND I WROTE DOWN WHEN YOUR ANSWER QUESTIONS ON MOMENT AGO THAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ABNORMAL BECAUSE THE LIGHTING ON THE PANEL DIDN'T LOOK...
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| 01:08:44 |
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LOOK NORMAL. >> OKAY. WERE THERE ANY LIGHTS ON THE PANEL THAT YOU COULD SEE? >> YEAH, IT WAS LIVES BUT LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THEM SEEM TO
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| 01:08:51 |
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BE BLOCKED AND ALL SPENT OKAY. SO THERE WERE SOME LIGHTS
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| 01:08:55 |
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THAT WERE ON AND OUT THE LIGHTS THAT WERE OFF THAT SHOULD NORMALLY BE ON? >> WILL COME IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE IT WAS MORE LIT UP LIKE SOME OF, SOME...
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| 01:09:08 |
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BLOCK BUTTON'S THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO BLOCK AND SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. >> OKAY. WERE ANY OF THE LIGHTS BLINKING, DO YOU RECALL? >> I DIDN'T SEE NOTHING...
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| 01:09:18 |
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ALL RIGHT. THEN YOUR STATEMENT
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| 01:09:22 |
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SAYS THAT THE ENGINEER WAS INFORMED BY
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| 01:09:26 |
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OIM TO EDS OIM I ASSUME WAS USED TO? THAT'S THE. >> AND HOW LONG AFTER THE FIRST EXPLOSION WAS UNTIL MR. PLEASANT WAS INSTRUCTED
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| 01:09:42 |
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TO EDS? >> I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIME. LIKE I SAID I WAS IN THE SHOWER. I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY
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| 01:09:53 |
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BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 MINUTES, JUST ACCORDING TO HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO CRAWL OUT AND GET UP THERE. >> ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I BELIEVE YOU TESTIFIED THAT...
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| 01:10:05 |
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ACTUALLY EDS THE SYSTEM? >> I DID SEE HIM AND TALKED TO HIM. >> DID YOU SEE ANY CHANGE IN THE PANEL, ANY CHANGE IN THE LIGHTS IN THE PANEL AFTER
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| 01:10:14 |
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HE HIT THE MEDIA? >> NO, SIR. I DID NOT. >>
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| 01:10:17 |
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THANK YOU, MR. HARRELL. >> THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MENTIONED RIGHT THERE THAT YOU SAW LIGHTS THAT INDICATED THE PANEL WAS BLOCKED.
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| 01:10:29 |
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WHAT DOES THAT -- >> THE LIGHTS COME IT WAS AN ORAL. THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU. LIKE I SAID, I HAD THAT STUFF IN MY EYES BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK NORMAL TO
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| 01:10:37 |
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ME. >> WHAT ARE THESE LIVES THAT YOUR DOCUMENTS INDICATE WHEN BLOC? >> WELL, YOU'VE GOT GREEN, YELLOW AND RED LIGHTS ON
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| 01:10:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE PANEL. >> AND SPEE-8 I LOOK
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| 01:10:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AT THIS PANEL EVERY DAY AND IT WASN'T NORMAL. IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE NORMAL. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE
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| 01:10:54 |
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TERM LOOK LIKE ITEMS WERE BLOC? >> IT LOOKED LIKE LIGHTS WERE ON THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ON. >>
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| 01:11:00 |
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WHAT ARE THESE LIGHTS? >> WHAT ARE
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| 01:11:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THEY? IT'S ALL DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERY LIGHT WAS ABNORMAL, BUT
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| 01:11:10 |
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THE PANEL, IT WAS NOT NORMAL. >> OKAY, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THIS WHEN YOU SAY THAT ITEMS BLOC? >> WELL, LIKE
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| 01:11:20 |
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A YELLOW LIGHT, A GREEN AND A RED. >> AND I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS IT'S OPEN
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| 01:11:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND CLOSE A? >> IT DOESN'T. >> READ BEING CLOSE THE? >>
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| 01:11:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES. >> GREEN MEANS OPEN? >> YES. >> WHAT DOES YELL AT ME AND? >> IT MEANS HIS BLOCKS, IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. >> OKAY.
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| 01:11:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NOW, IS THAT A MANUAL POSITION OR A MANUAL STEP THAT SOMEBODY
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| 01:11:48 |
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WOULD HAVE TO TAKE UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES? I MEAN, IS THE YELLOW AN INDICATION OR IS YELLOW A FUNCTION? >> YELLOW IS AN INDICATION. >> AN INDICATION....
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| 01:12:12 |
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OF PUTTING IT INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION? >> YES, YOU DO FROM EITHER PANELED. >> FROM A THE PANEL, OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT IT INDICATED TO YOU. IT DIDN'T...
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| 01:12:27 |
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INDICATING THIS THING IS BLOC? >> YEAH. LIKE I SAY, IT WAS NOT NORMAL. THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU. AND THE CONDITION
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| 01:12:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I WAS IN. I MEAN I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT TIME, YOU, TO INVESTIGATE IT BUT IT WASN'T NORMAL. WHAT WOULD BE THE NORMAL SITUATION, EITHER ALL GREEN ARE ALL...
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| 01:12:57 |
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YOU KNOW, THE DIVERTER CLOSE AND ALL THAT. BUT SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS ACTED LIKE SOMETHING HAD TAKEN THE PANEL OUT. TAKEN THE PANEL OUT OF SERVICE FOR?...
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| 01:13:19 |
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THE BRIDGE? >> I WOULD SAY DISABLED BUT IT WASN'T NORMAL. >> ARE YOU TELLING ME
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| 01:13:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SOMETHING TO GET OUT OF SERVICE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE
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| 01:13:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SURE I UNDERSTAND. YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE EXPLOSION, WHICH WERE THING
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| 01:13:31 |
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IS THE EXPLOSION DID SOMETHING TO THE LOGIC IN THE CONTROL SYSTEM SO THAT IT WAS GETTING ALL KINDS OF WEIRD SINGLE? >> YEAH, I WOULD THINK SO. >> OKAY....
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| 01:14:21 |
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WHATEVER. AND LIKE I SAID, UNIT, WE DO HAVE THOSE, WE DO HAVE SHEER RAMS AND ALL THAT TOO, YOU KNOW. THAT NITROGEN COME IT CAN BE A BAD THING, YOU KNOW....
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| 01:14:46 |
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CAN HAPPEN. I MEAN, YOU CAN GET A LEAK IN YOUR DRILL STRING OR ANYTHING. AND YOU
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| 01:14:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GET THAT PHONE, NOT JUST IN YOUR RISER. YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM SPECS OR YOU'LL HAVE THAT PROBLEM BEFORE? >> NO, I HAVEN'T BUT I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD ABOUT...
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| 01:15:06 |
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PROBLEM. >> RUNNING CEMENT? >> YES, SIR. >> BUT YOU RUN ALL TIME IN A SHALLOW PORTION OF THE WELL OF? >> YES, SIR. LIKE I SAY, ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG...
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| 01:15:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NET NITROUS IS IN AFTER THE CEMENT IS
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| 01:15:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN PLACE. >> SO WAS THERE AN ISSUE WITH PUMPING THIS NITROGEN THIS GO AROUND FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT? >> NO ISSUES. LIKE
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| 01:15:34 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I SAY I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE, YOU
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| 01:15:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
KNOW, OF THE FOAM CEMENT AND THE NITROUS AND THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN OVER. >> OKAY. SO WAS IT THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD DOUBTS ABOUT THE CEMENT JOB WORKING?...
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| 01:15:51 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ALL RIGHT. I JUST HAD ONE LAST QUESTION THAT IS THERE A CLOSED-CAPTIONED TELEVISION SET ON THE PEOPLE
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| 01:16:01 |
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FOR HORIZON SPEAK WITH CCTV? >> YES, SIR. >> EXCUSE ME, YOU DON'T HEAR FOR THE HEARING-IMPAIRED? >> SORRY. CCTV. I AM READING IT RIGHT HERE.
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| 01:16:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CCTV. >> WE DO HAVE
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| 01:16:14 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CCTV ON THE RIG. >> IS THAT TRANSMITTED TO THE BEACH AS WE'LL? >> NO, IT'S NOT. >> TO USE THE IN THING GOING ON THE REGULAR ON THE CCTV WHILE YOU'RE...
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| 01:16:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE BRIDGE? >> NO. WHEN I GOT TO THE BRIDGE EVERYTHING
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| 01:16:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAS TAKEN OUT. NO
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| 01:16:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POWER. >> NEXT PARTY INTEREST.
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| 01:16:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HALLIBURTON. >> MATT PROSSER, CAPTAIN? THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING, MR. HARRELL. >> GOOD MORNING. >> HOW
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| 01:17:36 |
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ARE YOU? >> GOOD. >> I AM THE LAWYER FOR HALLIBURTON. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. I WILL ASK YOU IF I DONATE MY QUESTION CLEAR,
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| 01:17:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, IF YOU ASKED ME I WILL TRY TO REPHRASE IT BECAUSE MY PURPOSE HERE IS TO TRY TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS YOU DO UNDERSTAND SO THAT...
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| 01:18:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HIS PRETRIAL MEETINGS ON THE, WHAT WAS A COME ON THE 19th WHEN THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD WITH A COMPANY MAN, AND POSSIBLY WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE...
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| 01:18:31 |
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YOU REFER TO? >> THERE WAS SOME TESTIMONY YESTERDAY BY MR. DOUGLASS BROWN WITH TRANSOCEAN. YOU KNOW
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| 01:18:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HIM DON'T YOU? >> YEAH, I KNOW DEBORAH. >>
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| 01:18:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE TO HAVE? >> I THINK, I THINK
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| 01:18:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I SPOKE WITH HIM BRIEFLY TUESDAY AT THE MEMORIAL. >> OKAY. HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE HE TESTIFIED YESTERDAY? >> NO, SIR. >>
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| 01:18:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OKAY, SIR. AND HE TESTIFIED
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| 01:18:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ABOUT A MEETING THAT HE RECALLED THAT WAS ON THE
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| 01:19:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
19th OF APRIL, AND HE CHARACTERIZED THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT HE CHARACTERIZED AS SOMEWHAT OF A DISAGREEMENT, OR HE CALLED IT A SKIRMISH BETWEEN...
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| 01:19:33 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
REMEMBER -- AND DO YOU REMEMBER, YOU SAY THERE WAS A DISCUSSION
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| 01:19:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BETWEEN YOU AND A COMPANY MAN THAT THERE WAS A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT A NEGATIVE TEST THAT YOU SAY WAS ON A PRECEDING DAY. DO YOU REMEMBER SAYING THAT THIS...
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| 01:19:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HIM TO STAY BEHIND BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, ALL THESE, THESE PLANS KEPT CHANGING AND THE PLAN THAT I SEEN DEAD NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE TEST TO BE PERFORMED...
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| 01:20:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
COMING FROM DOWN. LIKE A SAY THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGING PRETTY REGULATE. >> OKAY. IT
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| 01:20:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CONCERN YOU THAT BP WAS REGULARLY CHANGING ITS DRILLING
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| 01:20:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PLANS ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON? CERTAIN IN THE IMMEDIATE DAYS PRIOR TO THE WELL BLOWOUT? >> IT DIDN'T REALLY CONCERN ME. I MEAN, LIKE I SAY, AND A LOT...
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| 01:20:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BASED ON, LIVE IT WAS BASED ON YOU KNOW, THEY WERE SCARED THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE RETURNS, YOU KNOW? >> OKAY. WASN'T THEN ON THE 18th WHEN YOU IN THE...
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| 01:20:54 |
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AT THE PRETRIAL MEETING ABOUT THE NEGATIVE TEST? >> ICANN, I CAN'T SAY THAT. [INAUDIBLE] >> BUT ON THE 18th KNOW. >> CANASTA WHICH IS AS THE WITNESS DREXLER...
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| 01:21:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SIR, DID YOU ON THE 19th OF APRIL, THE
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| 01:21:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DAY PRIOR TO THE BLOWOUT, DID YOU HAVE A PRETRIAL MEETING WITH A COMPANY MAN? >> YES. ALWAYS. >> WAS THAT MR. BACA WAS A? >> THAT WAS BOB -- THIS WAS...
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| 01:21:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MEETING, THE PRETRIAL MEETING WITH BOB ON THE 19th. >> I CAN'T TELL YOU EVERYBODY THAT'S IN THAT
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| 01:21:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MEETING. >> OKAY. AND DID
|
| 01:22:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU, DID YOU MAKE THE STATEMENT THERE IN THAT MEETING THAT IF THAT'S THE
|
| 01:22:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WAY THE COMPANY MAN WANTED IT TO BE, THAT'S THE WAY IT WILL HAVE TO BE? >> NOW I DID NOT MAKE THAT STATEMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU HEARD THAT AT....
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| 01:22:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MAKE THE STATEMENT FOLLOWING THE MEETING ON THE 19th WHEN
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| 01:22:22 |
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YOU LEFT THAT THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE THE PINCHERS? >> I CAN'T, I CAN'T RECALL A. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. >> OKAY, SIR. YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T...
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| 01:22:38 |
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IT'S JUST THAT YOU DON'T RECALL IT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING A? >>
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| 01:22:42 |
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I'M NOT SAYING I DID MAKE IT BUT I DON'T RECALL. >> OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU
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| 01:22:48 |
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THIS, SIR. YOU HAVE TESTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE, OVER
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| 01:22:52 |
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YOUR CAREER, BEEN INVOLVED IN VIRTUALLY ALL ASPECTS OF DRILLING, CORRECTIVE? >> THAT'S CORRECT EXPECT YOU ARE SOMEWHERE WITH BOTTOMS UP, I KNOW, ARE...
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| 01:23:04 |
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SIR. >> THE BOTTOMS UP PROCEDURE. WERE YOU A PART OF THE DECISION NOT TO CIRCULATE THE WELL
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| 01:23:11 |
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BOTTOMS UP OF THE NINTH CASING STREAM PRIOR TO THE RUNNING OF THE CEMENT JOB? >> FOR WHICH CASE ANSWERING? >> FOR THE NIGHT OF? >> WHICH STRING WOULD...
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| 01:23:31 |
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THE WE'LL? >> YOU'RE GOING TO TO BE MORE CLEAR ON THIS QUESTION. YOU SAY TONIGHT, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NINE AND
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| 01:23:40 |
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SEVEN EIGHTHS? >> YES, SIR. WAS THERE A BOTTOMS UP THAT WAS RUN PRIOR TO THE CEMENT JOB BEING
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| 01:23:48 |
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PERFORMED? >> THAT'S RUNNING THE CASING AND CIRCULATE BOTTOMS UP, ONCE THE CASING IS AT DESIRE DEATH? >> YES, SIR. >> NO, THERE WAS NOT
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| 01:24:00 |
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A BOTTOMS UP TO. >> WAS A BOTTOMS UP REFORM BEFORE THE CEMENT JOB
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| 01:24:06 |
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WAS ACTUALLY PERFORMED? >> NO,
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| 01:24:08 |
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SIR. >> OKAY, SIR. WHO MADE THE DECISION NOT TO DO A BOTTOMS UP? >> BP. >> WERE YOU INFORMED
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| 01:24:15 |
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OF THE DECISION'S? >> YEAH. I KNEW THEY WOULD DO A BOTTOMS UP, AND A LOT
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| 01:24:23 |
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OF THINGS COULD CHANGE ON THE. LIKE A SAY, IF YOU STARTED LOSING HE WOULD GO DIRECTLY INTO SEMEN ANYWAY? >> OKAY, SIR. AND HOW DID YOU LEARN, AND...
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| 01:24:38 |
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A BOTTOMS UP PERFORMED ON THE WELL PRIOR TO THE CEMENT JOB BEING PERFORMED? >> WHAT DID I HEAR FROM? THE COMPANY MAN. >> COMPANY MAN. WHICH ONE? >>...
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| 01:24:54 |
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DON'T RECALL WHICH ONE OF THEM I TALKED TO AT THAT TIME. >> ALL RIGHT. MR. BYBEE WAS THE EVENING COME DEMAND,
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| 01:25:02 |
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WAS HE KNOWS BECAUSE YES, HE WAS. >> AND BOB WAS THE
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| 01:25:06 |
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DAY COMPANY OF? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE WELL HAD BEEN STATIC PRIOR TO THE CASING
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| 01:25:18 |
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THE CEMENT JOB ON APRIL APRIL 18? >> HOW LONG THE WELL HAD BEEN STATIC? >> YES, SIR. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, STATIC? >> WELL, HOW LONG IT'D BEEN SITTING
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| 01:25:32 |
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THERE WITHOUT ANY ACTIVITY? IF THAT HAD
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| 01:25:37 |
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OCCURRED. >> WELL, ALWAYS DONE IS WIN IN A MADE A CONDITION TRIP. >> OKAY. >> CIRCULATED BOTTOMS UP PRIOR TO THAT. SO
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| 01:25:46 |
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REALLY, I MEAN, JUST STATIC DURING THE RIG UP TO RUN
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| 01:25:50 |
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CASING. >> ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY REPORTS FROM TRANSOCEAN THAT SHOWED THAT THE WELL HAD BEEN STATIC FOR APPROXIMATELY 70 HOURS PRIOR TO THE
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| 01:25:58 |
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CEMENT JOB? >> I DIDN'T SEE THE REPORTS BUT I KNOW THE WELL WAS STATIC? >> OKAY, SIR. DO YOU KNOW FOR ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS? >>
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| 01:26:08 |
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I DON'T KEEP UP WITH HOURS. >> WHO WOULD
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| 01:26:11 |
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KNOW THAT AND WHERE WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT? >> ONLY PLACE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE WOULD BE ON THE
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| 01:26:17 |
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IE D.C. REPORT. >> OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY
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| 01:26:21 |
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BARRELS OF MUD WERE ADDED PRIOR TO
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| 01:26:25 |
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THE CEMENT JOB ARE SHORTLY TO THE CEMENT JOB ON APRIL 19? >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN ADDED? >> OR RUN. HOW MANY BARRELS OF MUD WERE CERTAINLY BEFORE THE CEMENT...
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| 01:26:39 |
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EXACT FIGURE. >> OKAY. DID YOU LEARN FROM
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| 01:26:44 |
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ANY SOURCE THAT HALLIBURTON
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| 01:26:47 |
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HAD RECOMMENDED RUNNING SUBSTANTIALLY MORE MUD IN THE CIRCULATION PROCESS THAN WHAT BP DECIDED TO RUN? >> NO,. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT. >> OKAY, SIR....
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| 01:27:01 |
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NOT? >> YES, SIR. I AM. >> ALL RIGHT. DO YOU KNOW
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| 01:27:04 |
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ANYTHING ABOUT THE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CONVERT THE FLOAT EQUIPMENT ON APRIL 19
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| 01:27:09 |
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IN THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS BETWEEN, SAY, 2:00 AND 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON? >> YEAH, THEY DID HAVE A PROBLEM CONVERTING THE FLED EQUIPMENT. AND I MEAN,...
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| 01:27:21 |
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LITTLE MORE PRESSURE. >> ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT TOOK NINE TIMES TO CONVERT THE FLOAT EQUIPPED ON THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 19? >> I CAN'T SAY IT WAS NINE
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| 01:27:31 |
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TIMES THAT I DIDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES, BUT IT DID, IT DID TAKE DOING IT,
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| 01:27:37 |
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BRINGING THE PRESSURE TO CONVERT IT. >> DID IT CONCERN YOU THAT SEEM TO BE TAKING SEVERAL TIMES TO CONVERT THE FLOAT EQUIPPED ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE
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| 01:27:47 |
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19? >> NO, IT DIDN'T REALLY CONCERN ME. >> ALL RIGHT, SIR. WHO PROVIDE THE FLOAT EQUIPMENT TO BP? >> WHO PROVIDED THIS FLOAT EQUIPMENT? >>
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| 01:27:56 |
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YES, SIR. , I TEND TO BE BE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT FLOAT EQUIPMENT IT WAS. >> DO YOU KNOW IF IT
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| 01:28:03 |
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WAS WEATHERFORD'S? >> THAT'S DON'T WHO DOESN'T BUT I CANNOT
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| 01:28:06 |
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SAY THAT IT WAS WEATHERFORD. I MEAN, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY
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| 01:28:09 |
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LOOK AT THE FLOAT EQUIPMENT
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| 01:28:11 |
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SPENT THE CASING JOB THAT WAS DONE THERE PRIOR TO THE CEMENT JOB, WAS THAT PERFORM BY TRANSOCEAN? >> THE CASING JOB PRIOR TO -- >> RIGHT. WAS THE CASING...
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| 01:28:34 |
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I MEAN, TRANSOCEAN -- I RECKON I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE STRAINED RIGHT BEFORE THIS -- >>
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| 01:28:44 |
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JUST BEFORE THE CEMENT JOB WAS THE CASING JOB THAT WAS DONE, WAS THAT PERFORM BY TRANSOCEAN? >> YES. WE
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| 01:28:51 |
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ASSISTED IN RUNNING THIS CASE. >> WHO DID YOU ASSESS,
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| 01:28:56 |
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WAS RUTHERFORD? >> WEATHERFORD. >> AND WHAT HAVE THEY PROVIDED A SUBSEA PLUG SYSTEM? WAS THAT WEATHERFORD? >> I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT...
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| 01:29:04 |
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PLUG? >> WHO WOULD KNOW
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| 01:29:08 |
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THAT. >> THAT WOULD BE BP. THE OPERATOR SPENT ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
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| 01:29:15 |
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NEGATIVE TEST THAT YOU REFERENCED EARLIER. YOU SAID THAT THE COMPANY MAN WANTED TO PERFORM A NEGATIVE TEST. >> I DIDN'T SAY THAT. >> YOU DIDN'T SAY...
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| 01:29:43 |
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IN THE PLAN'S? >> YES, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. >> OKAY, SIR. DID YOU THINK THAT A
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| 01:29:48 |
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NEGATIVE TEST SHOULD BE CALLED FOR IN THE PLAN COME IN BPS PLANS BECAUSE I WOULD NOT DISPLACE WITHOUT DOING A NEGATIVE TEST. >> AND DID BP AND FOR...
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| 01:30:07 |
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TEST? >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION AGAINST? >> DID BB TO A TIME THAT IT DESIRE TO ALTER THE PLAN, THE DRILLING PLAN IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE
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| 01:30:16 |
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A NEGATIVE TEST? >> YEAH,
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| 01:30:19 |
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THEY AGREED TO DO A NEGATIVE TEST, IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR GETTING AS IT SEEMS LIKE A TRICK QUESTION TO ME. [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 01:30:26 |
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IS NOT INTENDED TO BE. IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE. DID YOU RECOMMEND TO BP THAT A
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| 01:30:32 |
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NEGATIVE TEST BE PERFORMED? >> YES, I DIDN'T. >> OKAY. AND WHO WAS IT WITH BP THAT AGREE TO YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT NEGATIVE TEST BE PERFORMED? >>...
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| 01:30:52 |
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DO YOU RECALL HOW MANY NEGATIVE
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| 01:30:57 |
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TEST THERE WERE? >> THEY DONE TO NEGATIVE TEST. >> OKAY, SIR. AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BARRELS OF FLOATER COMING BACK DURING THE COURSE OF THE
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| 01:31:12 |
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FIRST NEGATIVE TEST? >> HOW MANY BARRELS? >> CAME BACK. >> NO, I DON'T KNOW IT'S UGLY. HOW MANY BARRELS CAN EXPECT THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT THERE...
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| 01:31:28 |
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NEGATIVE TEST OF WHETHER OR NOT, OR VERY FEW? >> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A LITTLE UNBALANCED. I MEAN, IN THE LINE. >> ALL RIGHT.
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| 01:31:38 |
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ARE YOU UNAWARE DURING THE FIRST
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| 01:31:43 |
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NEGATIVE TEST THAT APPROXIMATELY 23 BARRELS CAME BACK? >> I KNEW IT WAS -- I KNEW IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING, THEY FILL...
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| 01:31:56 |
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THE TRIP TAKE. >> YES, SIR. >> BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS 15 BARRELS. >> I THINK MY NO CHILDREN ON THE SECOND TEST THERE WERE 15 BARRELS THAT CAME BACK.
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| 01:32:06 |
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DOES THAT REFRESH YOUR
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| 01:32:08 |
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MEMORY ABOUT THE FIRST TEST? >> I DIDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE BARRELS. I DID STOP AND TELL THEM TO INCREASE
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| 01:32:17 |
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THE ANNUAL PRESSURE FROM, I BELIEVE IT WAS 12 TO 2000, AND IT ENDED UP BEING ABOUT 1900. >> OKAY. WAS THE PRESSURE THAT WAS BEING HELD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
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| 01:32:33 |
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121400 POUNDS DURING THE NEGATIVE TEST, OR DO YOU TO? >> THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD ON IT INITIALLY. >> DID THAT SEEM TOO HIGH TO YOU? >> NO, IT DIDN'T. >>
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| 01:32:44 |
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WOULD HAVE PREFERRED, AS I UNDERSTAND YOU WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THAT TO BE VERY FEW OR NO BILLS COMING BACK DURING THE NEGATIVE
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| 01:32:51 |
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TEST, CORRECT? >> YEAH. YOU ALWAYS GET SOME, LIKE I SAID. >> OKAY. >> THE LESS THE BETTER
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| 01:32:59 |
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THEY'LL. >> ALL RIGHT. DID YOU CONSIDER THE FIRST NEGATIVE TEST TO BE
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| 01:33:06 |
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SUCCESSFUL? >> YES. >> EVEN WITH THE BARRELS THAT CAME BACK? >> YES, I DID. BUT LIKE I SAY WHEN YOU'RE BLEEDING THESE BARRELS OFF, YOU COULD ALWAYS
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| 01:33:14 |
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WATCH YOUR PRESSURE AND STOP IT AT ANY
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| 01:33:16 |
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TIME, BLEEDING IT OFF TO CHECK YOUR PRESSURE. >> OKAY, SIR. DID YOU CONSIDER THE SECOND NEGATIVE TEST TO BE SUCCESSFUL, EVEN WITH THE BARRELS
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| 01:33:26 |
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COMING BACK OF APPROXIMATELY 15? >> YES, I DIDN'T. >> OKAY. WHO ON DEEPWATER HORIZON WAS INTERPRETING THE NEGATIVE TEST DATA FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND
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| 01:33:38 |
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TEST? >> WHO WAS INTERPRETING THE DATA? >> FOR THE NEGATIVE TEST. >> THAT COMPANY MAN AND THE TOOL PUSHER OF THEIR. >> OKAY,
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| 01:33:46 |
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SIR. WAS
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| 01:33:49 |
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A THIRD NEGATIVE TEST CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE CEMENT JOB? >> THERE WAS NO THIRD
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| 01:33:54 |
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NEGATIVE TEST DONE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE. >> OKAY,
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| 01:34:00 |
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SIR. LET'S TALK ABOUT BYPASSING TO THE MUD PITS, BYPASSING THE MUD PITS, IF YOU
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| 01:34:06 |
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WILL. DURING NEGATIVE TEST WHERE IS MUD NORMALLY CIRCULATED TO? >> TO THE SHAKER. >> TO THE SHAKER? >> AND ONTO THE MUD PIT. >> AND THEN ONTO THE MUD...
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| 01:34:24 |
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TO THE ACTIVE MUD PIT. >> ALL RIGHT, SIR. >> SAND TRAPS AND A LOT. >> WHY IS THE MUD NORMALLY RETURNED TO THE MUD PITS DURING THE COURSE OF A NEGATIVE
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| 01:34:37 |
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TEST? >> WHY IS IT ALWAYS TURNS -- >> WHY ISN'T NORMALLY RETURNED TO THE MUD PITS AS OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER LOCATION? >> THAT'S WHERE IT'S
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| 01:34:46 |
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SUPPOSED TO GO. >> DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH GOING TO THE MUD PITS, DARK AGES THERE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE MEASURING OF THE VOLUMES -- >>
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| 01:34:54 |
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YOU'VE GOT SENSORS AND CERTAIN BITS INTO CERTAIN BITS ASIDE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS
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| 01:35:02 |
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IN, THAT'S REALLY IN THE ACTIVE SYSTEM. >> AND ALSO BY RETURNING THE MUD TO THE MUD PITS FROM THE RISER, DOES THAT ALSO ENABLE THROUGH THE USE OF...
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| 01:35:12 |
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DETERMINE HOW MUCH A GAS IS IN THE MUD? >> THE GAS IS AT THE -- >> GAS IS WHAT? >> GAS SENSORS, THEY ARE NOT IN -- YOU'VE GOT SOME GAS ANSWERS ON THE...
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| 01:35:31 |
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THE SHAKER WHERE THE MUD GOES INTO THE SHAKER. >> WELL, IN THE BOAT THAT WAS THERE NEXT TO THE RIG, WERE THERE ANY GAUGES IN THERE TO DETERMINE THE...
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| 01:35:43 |
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OF MUD THAT WERE GOING IN? >> ANY GAUGES? >> ANY GAUGES OR -- >> YEAH, THEY HAVE A SCREEN AND THEY ACTUALLY, THEY ACTUALLY DO A STRAP ON THE BIT. >>...
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| 01:35:59 |
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YOU TESTIFIED EARLIER DURING THE NEGATIVE TEST, THAT THERE
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| 01:36:02 |
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WAS MUD THAT WAS BEING DISPLACED, IF YOU WILL, OR DISCHARGED OVER INTO THE BOAT, CORRECT? >> I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS BEING PUT TO THE BOAT. >> I THOUGHT...
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| 01:36:14 |
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GOING TO THE BOAT. >> FOR THE RECORD I THINK YOU SAID THE OPPOSITE. >> WAS GOING TO THE MUD PIT?
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| 01:36:20 |
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ALL
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| 01:36:22 |
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RIGHT. ON APRIL 20, WAS MUD RETURN TO THE SUPPLY BOAT INSTEAD
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| 01:36:25 |
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OF THE MUD PITS, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE? >> I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I DON'T KEEP UP WITH THE MUD THEY PUT ON THE BOAT, UP IN THE MUD
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| 01:36:35 |
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PITS. THE MUD ENGINEERS AND THE DERRICK MAN. >> ALL RIGHT. IT IS SHOWN THAT MUD WAS GOING TO THE BOATS, TO THE BOAT THERE INSTEAD OF THE MUD
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| 01:36:44 |
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PIT, WOULD YOU KNOW THAT WHY -- WOULD YOU KNOW WHY THAT WAS OCCURRING? >> LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE MUD GOES TO THE MUD PIT, THEN IT GOES TO THE BOAT....
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| 01:36:58 |
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SIR. WELL, YOU SAY IT WENT TO THE MUD PIT AND INTO THE BOAT. ARE YOU
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| 01:37:06 |
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AWARE OF ANY MUD THAT WOULD DIRECT FROM THE RISER, DIRECT INTO THE BOAT AS OPPOSED TO FIRST GO THROUGH THE MUD PIT? >> I TOLD, I SAID EARLIER THERE...
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| 01:37:19 |
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SIR. WERE YOU AWARE
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| 01:37:31 |
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OF -- WERE YOU AWARE OF HOW MAY CENTRALIZE WAS WERE ON THE STRING DOWN THE WHOLE PRIOR TO THE CEMENT JOB BEING CONFORMED? >> NOW, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT...
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| 01:37:49 |
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OFF. >> WHO LEFT THEM OFF THE? >>
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| 01:37:51 |
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BP. THEY MAKE THAT
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| 01:37:52 |
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DECISION ON WHERE TO PUT CENTRALIZES ON OR OFF. THAT DOESN'T COME UNDER THE
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| 01:37:57 |
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OIM. >> OKAY. WELL, TO KNOWS TO BE THE ALSO MAKE THE DECISION AS TO HOW MAY CENTRALIZE WAS WOULD GO
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| 01:38:04 |
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DOWN WHOLE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>
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| 01:38:12 |
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ANY FINAL QUESTION FROM MMS I I? >> NO
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| 01:38:22 |
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QUESTIONS. >> WEATHERFORD? ANADARKO? >> NO QUESTIONS. >> DOUGLASS BROWN? >> MR. HARRELL, MY NAME IS STEVE GORDON. AND I MET YOU, I BELIEVE, AT
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| 01:39:11 |
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THE MEMORIAL. DO YOU RECALL THAT? >> NO, I DON'T REMEMBER MEETING YOU. >> OKAY. [LAUGHTER] >>
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| 01:39:20 |
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ANYWAY, I KNOW THAT THIS IS, THAT YOU LOST A LOT OF FRIENDS OUT THERE. >> I DID. >> I KNOW THAT.
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| 01:39:27 |
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AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IF YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO AVOID
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| 01:39:32 |
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THIS AGAIN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? >> I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT PROCEDURES WERE IN EFFECT THAT WOULD HAVE AVOIDED PEOPLE...
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| 01:40:00 |
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TESTIMONY THAT SAID THAT AREA, I THINK IT WAS
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| 01:40:05 |
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THE PUMP WILL -- >> I WANT TO OBJECT TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PRIOR TESTIMONY. WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PROCEDURE....
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| 01:40:14 |
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PROCEED WITH QUESTIONS OF THIS WITNESS TO GIVE ANSWERS. >> OKAY. IF YOU WILL LET ME, I WILL. SO YESTERDAY WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT AREA, THE
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| 01:40:23 |
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PUPPET IN IN THE PIT RIM AND THE SHAKER ROOM, WOULD ACCUMULATE GAS. IN THE BEGINNING PHASES OF A BLOG. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S...
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| 01:40:40 |
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YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT? >> THE WHOLE RIG IS SUBJECT AS
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| 01:40:43 |
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FAR AS IT GOES. >> BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE RECEIVING THE MUD FIRST AS
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| 01:40:48 |
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IT COMES UP THE RISER, THE MUD IS GOING TO HAVE CAST IN IT AND IT'S GOING
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| 01:40:53 |
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TO CUBA IN THOSE ROOMS, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> WHAT WRITTEN POLICIES WERE IN EFFECT WITH TRANSOCEAN TO ANTICIPATE THAT TIME AND THEN GET
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| 01:41:05 |
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THOSE PEOPLE OUT? >> THE ONLY TIME, YOU KNOW, WE GOT GAS SENSORS UP ON THE BRIDGE. AND WE ALWAYS
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| 01:41:16 |
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NOTIFY OUR PERSONNEL WHEN WE HAVE A HIGH CONTENT LEVEL OF GAS AND GET THEM OUT OF ANY SPACE, SHUT DOWN ANYTHING DURING DRILLING. NORMALLY YOU DON'T...
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| 01:41:44 |
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KNEW THAT THEIR -- BEFORE THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION SOMEBODY KNEW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WELL CONTROL. MAYBE NOT YOU, BUT SOMEBODY ON THE...
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| 01:42:01 |
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THEY HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH THE WELL, CORRECT? >> YEAH. FROM WHAT I'VE
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| 01:42:05 |
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SEEN EVERYTHING HAPPENED PRETTY QUICK. >> I UNDERSTAND. AND MY QUESTION THOUGH IS,
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| 01:42:10 |
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BEFORE THE
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| 01:42:13 |
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EXPLOSION, THAT KEY TIME WHEN THERE WAS MUD COMING OUT, HAVE OBVIOUS FLOW FROM THE WELL, DID TRANSOCEAN HAVE ANY WRITTEN POLICIES ON GETTING THOSE MEN...
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| 01:42:38 |
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THE SHAKER. >> OKAY. >> NOW, THESE ALARMS GO OFF, THEY ARE SET UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE MUD
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| 01:42:51 |
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SYSTEM. >> YESTERDAY THERE WAS TESTIMONY THAT ANY ENGINE ROOM THEY WERE NOTING ALARMS ALL OVER THE
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| 01:42:58 |
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RIG. DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO ORDER A DISTRESS SIGNAL AT THE LIFEBOATS? >> THERE WAS A DISTRESS SIGNAL ORDERED BEFORE WE EVER GOT TO...
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| 01:43:15 |
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OKAY. AND TOMMY, WHEN DOES IT SHIFT FROM THE OIM
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| 01:43:21 |
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TO THE CAPTAIN ON THE ABILITY TO ORDER A DISTRESS SIGNAL? >> WHEN THE CAPTAIN, THE CAPTAIN IS IN CHARGE OF ALL EMERGENCY,
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| 01:43:34 |
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RIGHT? >> OKAY. >> I DID NOT, I DID NOT ORDER A DISTRESS SIGNAL. I SAID IN A DISTRESS SIGNAL HAD BEEN ORDERED WHEN I GOT TO THE BRIDGE. >> ALL
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| 01:43:45 |
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RIGHT. IS THAT A FAIR ASSUMPTION THAT
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| 01:43:52 |
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THE CREW BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE THE PERSON TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY, SO PER? >> OBJECTION. COUNCIL IS ASKING THIS WITNESS TO SPECULATE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE...
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| 01:44:04 |
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THE ROOM, WHAT THEY MAY HAVE THOUGHT AND WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE. SHEER SPECULATION THAT THERE IS NO FOUNDATION. >> I WILL MOVE ON. REGARDING THE...
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| 01:44:18 |
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IT CLEAR WHAT YOU SAID. IS IT TRUE THAT YOU SAID, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY MAKE THOSE PINCHERS FOR? >> I PROBABLY, I PROBABLY DID SAY THAT. LIKE I SAID...
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| 01:44:35 |
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RECALL. >> YES, SIR. [LAUGHTER] >> IF YOU SAID THAT, I BELIEVE THE TESTIMONY IS YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE,
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| 01:44:47 |
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WHAT? >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PINCHERS? >> YES, SIR. >> IT COULD BE THE CASE IN SHEER RAMS OR THE BLIND SHEAR RAM. >> AND IF THOSE WERE ACTUATED, WHAT
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| 01:44:57 |
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WOULD HAPPEN? >> WELL, ONE
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| 01:45:02 |
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CUTS THE PIPE, ONE CUTS AND SEALS -- IS ACCORDING TO THE WEIGHT OF THE PIPE WHICH ONE IS TO
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| 01:45:08 |
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SHEAR WHICH. >> WOULD'VE B.O.P. BE AN AND FUNCTIONING AT THAT POINT THE? >> WE BE TALKING? >>
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| 01:45:17 |
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YES. WOULD BE CLOSING OFF THE WELL? >> IT WOULD IF YOU HAD THE BLIND SHEAR RAM. SO WHEN YOU SAID THAT,
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| 01:45:23 |
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WAS IT YOUR BELIEF THAT THE B.O.P.
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| 01:45:27 |
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HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT? WHENEVER YOU SAID THAT? >> LIKE I SAY IT'S ACCORDING TO THE WEIGHT OF THE CASING OR THE DRILL BY THE. >> YOU PERSONALLY...
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| 01:45:39 |
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TIME? >> YES,
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| 01:45:43 |
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SIR. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFY, PLEASE, EXACTLY WHAT MONITORS AND WHAT THEY ARE CALLED THAT WOULD HAVE MONITORED ANY FLOW
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| 01:45:53 |
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TO THE MUD PITS OR TO THE SHAKER. WHAT ARE THOSE CALLED? >> THE MONITOR'S? >> YES, SIR. >> YOUR FLOW IN AND YOU FLOUT? >> WHAT ARE THOSE LOCATED, THE...
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| 01:46:09 |
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YOU HAVE SOME ON THE SHAKERS. >> AND ARE THE ELECTRONIC,
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| 01:46:14 |
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AND DO THEY -- ARE THE ELECTRONIC? >>
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| 01:46:21 |
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YEAH. THEY HAVE ELECTRONICS GOING TO THE. LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE ONE,
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| 01:46:27 |
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AND ALSO THEY HAVE ONE, THE MUD LOGGERS. THEY MONITOR FLOW OFF. >> YES, SIR. , BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT ITEMS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO
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| 01:46:38 |
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THE DEEPWATER HORIZON. >> YES, SIR. >> ARE THOSE ELECTRONIC. >> YES, SIR. >> IS THE DATA RECORDED? >> YES, IT IS. I MEAN, IT'S RECORDED BUT WHAT ARE...
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| 01:47:01 |
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CAN SEE THAT. >> IS IT KEPT AN
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| 01:47:04 |
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ELECTRONIC DATA FORMAT LIKE ON A COMPUTER HARD
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| 01:47:10 |
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DRIVE? >> YEAH, YOU COULD, LIKE I SAY YOU COULD BACK IT UP ON THERE. YOU CAN BACKUP AND TREND. >> ISN'T SENT REAL-TIME TO
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| 01:47:20 |
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THE MAINLAND? >> BP, DP GETS, THEY ABLE TO
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| 01:47:27 |
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SEE EVERYTHING WE DO OUT THERE. >> IN REAL-TIME? >> REAL-TIME. >>
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| 01:47:33 |
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OKAY. >> THEY HAVE A REAL-TIME DATA THEY SEND TO THEM. NOT TRANSOCEAN, BUT -- >> I
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| 01:47:42 |
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UNDERSTAND. BUT BASICALLY PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION, IN THAT DATA, WOULD
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| 01:47:48 |
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HAVE BEEN SENT SHORESIDE, CORRECT? . . >> DRILLING? NO COMMISSARY. >> ANY REASON WHY THE FLOOR WOULD
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| 01:48:36 |
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HAVE MUD ON IT, TRANSFIX
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| 01:48:40 |
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FLOOR? >> THEY WERE WASHING IT IS ALWAYS A CLEANUP AFTER THE CASEIN IS RUN AND
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| 01:48:50 |
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EVERYTHING. >> IS A YOUR TESTIMONY, SIR, THAT THERE WAS IN FACT MUD ON TO TRANSFIX LAWYER
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| 01:48:58 |
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TODAY? >> ICANN IN TIBET BECAUSE I WASN'T ON THE RIG
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| 01:49:06 |
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FLOOR. >> SO NOT SURE TOWER, BUT THE WHOLE DAY OF THE 20th, YOU WERE NEVER ON THE RIG FOR
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| 01:49:16 |
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QUITE >> I WAS ON THE RIG FOR A EVENING OF THE 20th. >> ON THE EVENING? LET'S SAY 1200 HOURS THE MORNING OF
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| 01:49:23 |
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THE 20th IN THE MORNING, ALL THAT MORNING
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| 01:49:26 |
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AND ALL THAT AFTERNOON, YOU NEVER SAW THE RIG FLOOR. >> I THOUGHT ON MONITORS, BUT I DIDN'T GO UP THERE. >> WAS THEIR MUD ON IT LIKE >> NOW
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| 01:49:40 |
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WHEN I WAS OUT THERE. >> CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THE POLLUTION PAINESVILLE THAT AT
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| 01:49:50 |
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1700 HOURS? >> ARE YOU ASKING A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION? >> UNMASKING TO ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE -- >> DON'T ASK A
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| 01:50:00 |
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HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION. >>
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| 01:50:02 |
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COULD THE POLLUTION AND THE LOVE IF THERE IS NO MUD
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| 01:50:06 |
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ON
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| 01:50:09 |
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THE FLOOR? >> YEAH, I GUESS IF THEY'RE WASHING. >> IS THERE ANY WAY IT COULD COME UP THE
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| 01:50:20 |
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POLLUTION PAN? [INAUDIBLE] >> IT'S NOT LIKE YOU THINK WHERE THERE'S A
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| 01:50:32 |
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TRAIN. >> NO. >> AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR TESTIMONY, THAT DAY OR THE EVENING OR WHATEVER,
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| 01:50:44 |
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BUT BEFORE THE EXPLOSION ON THE 20th, YOU HAD MEETINGS TO ATTEND. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDING TO ATTEND EACH DAY. >> BUT ESPECIALLY...
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| 01:50:57 |
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DAY? >> YEAH, WITH A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS TO ATTEND WITH THE BP, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS COMING ON BOARD. WE HAD FOUR VIPS COMING ON BOARD. >> AND THEY WERE...
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| 01:51:20 |
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WITH THEM. >> AND OIM YOU ARE KEEPING THEM INFORMED OF HOW THE WELL WAS DOING, IS THAT
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| 01:51:31 |
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CORRECT? >> I INFORMED THEM WHEN I WENT TO GREET THEM WHEN THEY GOT OFF THE HELICOPTER OF WHAT OPERATIONS WE HAD GOING ON AT THE TIME. >>
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| 01:51:39 |
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AND THAT INCLUDES TEST RESULTS, CORRECT? >> NO, I DON'T GIVE THE TEST RESULTS BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEM. >> SO THAT NIGHT YOU NEVER KNEW OF
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| 01:51:49 |
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ANY TEST RESULTS AND YOU NEVER CONVEY THAT
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| 01:51:53 |
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INFORMATION? JUST ONE AT A TIME. [INAUDIBLE] >> THAT'S TWO QUESTIONS, YES THERE. THAT NIGHT BEFORE THE EXPLOSION, WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY TEST RESULTS...
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| 01:52:11 |
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THE WELL? >> I REMEMBER DON, COMPANY MAN, BP HAD A GOOD NEGATIVE TEST OF 30 MINUTE. >>
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| 01:52:20 |
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WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER TEST RESULTS OTHER THAN THAT? WERE YOU UNAWARE OF ANY
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| 01:52:27 |
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OTHERS, SIR? >> I KNOW I TALK TO THE SENIOR TOOL PUSHER TOLD ME TO TALK TO THE TOOL PUSHER ON THE TRAIL FOR AND SAID THEY HAD A GOOD
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| 01:52:38 |
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NEGATIVE TEST. >> AND SHE CONVEY THAT INFORMATION TO TRANSOCEAN PEOPLE THAT COME TO DEEPWATER
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| 01:52:49 |
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HORIZON? >> NO, I DIDN'T CONVEY IT TO THEM. >> ONE LAST QUESTION. LOOKING BACK ON IT NOW, CAN YOU IDENTIFY ANY WARNING SIGN AT ANY POINT OF THE DAY
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| 01:53:02 |
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OF THE EXPLOSION THAT WOULD HAVE SUGGESTED A POTENTIAL EVENT LIKE THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> NO, I COULDN'T. IF I WAS AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM, I WOULD...
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| 01:53:18 |
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RIG FLOOR TO RESOLVE ANY PROBLEM I THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED. >> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
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| 01:53:42 |
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BP? >> MAY I PROCEED, CAPTAIN? THANK YOU. GOOD
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| 01:54:08 |
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MORNING, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. >> MY NAME IS RICK GODFREY, I REPRESENT BP. IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU THIS MORNING. I APPRECIATE YOUR
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| 01:54:19 |
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TIME. >> OKAY. >> I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY FOCUSING UPON THE REGULAR MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 A.M. ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 20...
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| 01:54:27 |
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THE YEAR 2010. CAN WE FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THAT PLEASE? >> OKAY. >> AT THAT MEETING I BELIEVE YOU TESTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION BETWEEN YOU...
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| 01:54:44 |
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ABOUT THE NECESSITY OR THE DESIRABILITY OF CONDUCTING A CONTEST. DO YOU RECALL THAT? >> YEAH, NEGATIVE TEST BUT I DIDN'T SEE. >> IS IT CORRECT THAT...
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| 01:54:56 |
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TO HAVE A NEGATIVE TEST PERFORMED ON THE DRILL
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| 01:55:01 |
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PIPE? >> YEAH, I WILL NOT DISPLAY PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OF
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| 01:55:11 |
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OIL WITHOUT A NEGATIVE TEST BEING PERFORMED. >> DID MR. CALUSA, THE COMPANY MAN TO AGREE THAT SHE COULD PERFORM SUCH A TEST BIKES THAT IS TO
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| 01:55:22 |
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TRANSOCEAN? >> THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. THEY JUST LEFT IT OUT OF THE PLAN. >> WITH A NEGATIVE TEST THAT
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| 01:55:29 |
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YOU AND TRANSOCEAN WANTED TO HAVE PREFORMED UP AT 11:00 A.M. MEETING, WAS IT THEN SUBSEQUENTLY FORMED? >> CAN YOU
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| 01:55:35 |
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REPEAT THAT? I DIDN'T CATCH THE LAST PART. >> SHORT. AS THE NEGATIVE TEST THAT
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| 01:55:42 |
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YOU AND TRANSOCEAN WANTED REPORTS THAT YOU EXPLAIN TO MR. CALUSA
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| 01:55:46 |
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AT THE 11:00 A.M. MEETING ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 20 SUBSEQUENT MEETING PERFORMED? >> YES, IT WAS PERFORMED. >> WAS A NEGATIVE TEST THAT YOU WANT PERFORMED...
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| 01:56:01 |
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DOING A SECOND
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| 01:56:04 |
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TEST. >> SAID THE BP PERSON, THAT IF MR. CALUSA WANTED TO DO A SECOND TEST. I THINK DAWN WANTED TO DO THE SECOND TEST. >>
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| 01:56:12 |
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FAIR ENOUGH. >> WAS THE TEST PERFORMED? >> YES, IT WAS DONE. >> WAS THAT ALSO SUCCESSFULLY PASSED? >> YES, AFTER HE DID MEET AND HE SAID THE NEGATIVE...
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| 01:56:29 |
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MINUTES. >> AS FAR AS YOU
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| 01:56:31 |
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CAN RECALL, IS THERE ANY DISAGREEMENT OR ARGUMENT THAT SHE HAD AT THE 11:00 A.M. MEETING ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 20 BETWEEN YOU OR ANY OF
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| 01:56:38 |
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YOUR COLLEAGUES AND PEOPLE FROM BP THAT MORNING? >> NO, IT WASN'T AN ARGUMENT OR NOTHING. I DID ASK A FEW OF THEM TO STAY BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE...
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| 01:56:52 |
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THE NEGATIVE TEST AND MAKE SURE IT WAS DONE PRIOR TO DISPLACING THE SEAWATER. >> AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED, WHEN HE LEFT THE 11:00 A.M. MEETING, ON...
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| 01:57:07 |
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SATISFIED PERSONALLY THAT ALL OF THE TESTS THAT WERE ABOUT TO BE CONDUCTED IN ALL THE DRILLING OPERATIONS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY...
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| 01:57:29 |
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THE CONCLUSION OF THAT 11:00 A.M. MEETING ON THAT DAY, IS THAT CORRECT? >> I HAD NO PROBLEMS BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SORTED OUT AND THE PROPER TEST...
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| 01:57:40 |
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BE PERFORMED. >> THEY ALSO TOLD MR. GORDON A FEW MOMENTS AGO THAT THE SENIOR TOOL PUSHER HAS SPOKEN WITH THE
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| 01:57:50 |
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TOOL PUSHER ABOUT A GOOD NEGATIVE TEST. DO YOU RECALL THAT? >> YEAH, I DO RECALL THAT. THAT WAS SOME
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| 01:58:03 |
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WHERE AROUND 11:30 ON THE DAY AT THE 20. >> WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SENIOR TOOL PUSHER TO WHOM YOU ARE REFERRING WITH RESPECT TO THAT CONVERSATION?...
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| 01:58:15 |
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PUSHER, WE HAVE ONE AT A TIME. HIS NAME IS RANDY. >> AND HE WAS THE TOOL PUSHER THAT HE SPOKE TO A
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| 01:58:22 |
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THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO? >> USE ONE OF THE
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| 01:58:26 |
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DECEASED, JASON ANDERS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S
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| 01:58:32 |
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WHAT STATES NOW. LET'S FOCUS ON THE 11:00 A.M. MEETING, THE
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| 01:58:37 |
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REGULAR MORNING MEETING ON THE 19th. DO RECALL THAT? >> YEAH, I MEAN, I REMEMBER GOING TO THE MEETING. >> AND HE RECALLED THAT YOU TESTIFIED THAT THERE...
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| 01:58:48 |
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A DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE
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| 01:58:52 |
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AT 11:00 A.M. AMEN 18th OF APRIL WITH RESPECT TO THE CEMENT JOB? DO YOU RECALL THAT? >> YOU NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR ON THE QUESTION. >> SURE....
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| 01:59:08 |
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THE CEMENT
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| 01:59:10 |
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JOB AT THE 11:00 A.M. MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 19, 2010? >> WHAT PORTION OF THE CEMENT JOB? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY? >> OKAY,...
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| 01:59:24 |
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TESTIFIED EARLIER TODAY THAT THE COMPANY MAN SAID, THE CAREFUL WITH THE
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| 01:59:29 |
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NITROGEN. DO YOU RECALL THAT? >> YEAH, REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT. >> AND I WAS ON THE 19th? >> CORRECT. >>
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| 01:59:38 |
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AND NITROGEN IS FORMED INTO CEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING CHANNELING TOWN HALL. IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? >> WELL YEAH,
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| 01:59:45 |
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AND IT GIVES THE CEMENT
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| 01:59:53 |
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SOME LIST. >> AND IN FACT, JAN IS ADDED TO THE CEMENT AS A SAFETY MECHANISM TO PREVENT HYDROCARBONS FROM COMING UP THE WHOLE, IS THAT YOUR
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| 02:00:04 |
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UNDERSTANDING? >> YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THE NITROGEN BETWEEN THE TWO. AND THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE, I MEAN, ANY TIME YOU RUN
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| 02:00:12 |
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SOMETHING THROUGH A ROUTER TO, YOU TAKE A CHANCE OF GETTING HYDROCARBONS. >> AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 11:00 A.M. REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL THE NINTH
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| 02:00:25 |
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TEAMED, WERE YOU SATISFIED THE PLANS FOR THE CEMENT JOB WERE SAFE AND TO YOUR SATISFACTION AS THE OIM OF DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> YEAH, I WAS. I MEAN,...
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| 02:00:44 |
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KINDS OF TESTS ON THE CEMENT. THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD JOB IN THE PAST. >> NOW THERE IS ALSO TESTIMONY EARLIER TODAY ABOUT CIRCULATION AND BOTTOMS...
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| 02:01:00 |
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UP, YES. >> IS IT FAIR TO US AND FROM YOUR PRIOR TESTIMONY THAT YOU HAD NO CONCERNS WITH
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| 02:01:09 |
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RESPECT TO CIRCULATION OR BOTTOMS
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| 02:01:12 |
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UP AT ANY TIME IN APRIL 19 OR 20 OF THE YEAR 2010? >> NO, I HAVE NO CONCERNS. I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO DO A BOTTOMS UP. >> WITH A BOTTOMS UP EVENTUALLY...
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| 02:01:25 |
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IT ON POINT? >> NO,
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| 02:01:30 |
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SIR. >> WITH RESPECT TO THE FLOOR EQUIPMENT, WERE THERE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE FLOAT EQUIPMENT
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| 02:01:40 |
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ESTABLISHED, AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED, WAS THAT NORMAL? >> YEAH, MOST OF THE TIME IT TAKES HIGHER PRESSURE TO SHIFT. >> AT ANY TIME
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| 02:01:52 |
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AT APRIL 19 OR APRIL 20, DID YOU HAVE ANY SAFETY CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE OPERATIONS THAT
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| 02:01:59 |
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WERE TAKING PLACE ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> NOW COME I DIDN'T. IF I DID, I WOULD'VE STOPPED OPERATION. >> NOW, AND TAXPAYERS AT
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| 02:02:09 |
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HSC THAT GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY TO SHUT DOWN OPERATION ANYTIME YOU THINK THERE'S A
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| 02:02:15 |
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SAFETY RATIO, IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT'S ME OR ANYBODY HAS THE PRIVILEGE OR OBLIGATION TO STOP THE
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| 02:02:23 |
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JOB. >> OKAY. NOW COME YOU SAID A LITTLE WHILE AGO IN ANSWER TO MR. GORDON'S QUESTION THAT YOU WERE
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| 02:02:30 |
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ON THE RIG FOR AN EVENING OF THE 20th >> YEAH, I WENT UP WITH THE VIPs ON A TOUR. >> APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME OF DAY DID
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| 02:02:41 |
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YOU GO TO THE RIG FLOOR ON THE EVENING OF THE
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| 02:02:46 |
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20th? >> IT WAS SOMEWHAT APPROXIMATELY 5:00, 5:30, SOMEWHERE IN THAT TIME. GOOD >> WHEN YOU WENT TO THAT FLOOR
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| 02:02:56 |
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APPROXIMATE AND BETWEEN 5:00 P.M. AND 5:30 P.M. ON
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| 02:03:01 |
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THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING OF APRIL THE 20th, DID YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE DRILLING CONDITIONS ARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE MEN ARE THE...
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| 02:03:21 |
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BETWEEN 5:00 AND 5:30 BECAUSE TOO MANY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OR ITS CREW? >> NOT ABOUT THE SAFETY. LIKE I SAID, IT DID...
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| 02:03:32 |
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CUMULATIVE PRESSURE TO ASSIST AND BEEN ABLE TO GET A MAKE IT IF TEST TO HOLD THE MUD AND THE RISER. >> AND DID THE CREW SUCCESSFULLY FOLLOW YOUR RECOMMENDATION?...
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| 02:03:51 |
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YES, SIR. >> AND YOU TESTIFIED EARLIER THAT I THINK IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A MEMBER OF THE BOARD'S
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| 02:04:00 |
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QUESTION ABOUT YOU HAD DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING WHETHER THERE WOULD EFFECTS OR SEVEN DAYS OF MEETINGS THAT WOULD BE DONE WITH THIS WELL WAS COMPLETED...
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| 02:04:20 |
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SHIPSHAPE CONDITION? >> YES, SIR. YOU'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH YOUR BOP IS. IT CHANGES FROM WELL TO
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| 02:04:28 |
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WELL, BUT NORMALLY IT IS 67 DAYS. >> SO THERE'S NOTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT THE BIG NABLUS SATURATED ARENA AND SIX TO SEVEN DAYS
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| 02:04:38 |
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UPON COMPLETION OF MC2 52 AND BEFORE YOU MOVED TO THE NILE WELL. >> IT WAS PRETTY NORMAL I THINK. I THINK WE HAD ONE PENSION TO CHANGE THEM A LITTLE
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| 02:04:51 |
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TO WORK TO DO ON THE PRS IS AND FROM UPS FOR TO DO. >> WITH RESPECT TO THE VISITORS WHO CAME TO THE VESSEL, DID MR. O'BRIEN AND MR. SANDS COME TO...
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| 02:05:07 |
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OTHER THAN SAFETY? DID THEY COME TO DISCUSS MAINTENANCE OR ANYTHING? >> YEAH, THEY'RE ATTACKING ABOUT SAFETY, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY. THEY
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| 02:05:20 |
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EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE SEVEN-YEAR LOSS TYPE INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATING EVERYBODY ON THAT. >> DID THEY COME TO TALK ABOUT MAINTENANCE THAT YOU...
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| 02:05:33 |
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THAT MAINTENANCE PLAN BETWEEN WELLS. >> OKAY,
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| 02:05:39 |
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THANK YOU. IF I FEEL LIKE I'M SKIPPING AROUND, IT'S BECAUSE WERE ASKING
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| 02:05:47 |
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QUESTIONS. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRALIZES THAT YOU MENTIONED, WHATEVER THE DECISION WAS MADE WITH RESPECT TO CENTRALIZE THERE...
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| 02:06:19 |
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SO. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT RESPONSIBILITIES. YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
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| 02:06:27 |
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THE BRIDGING DOCUMENT? >> YEAH, I HAVE A COPY. I HAVE A COPY IN MY OFFICE. >> IS IT TRUE AT ALL TIMES PRIOR TO AN EMERGENCY TAKE YOU
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| 02:06:35 |
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AND YOU ALONE AT THE
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| 02:06:39 |
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OIM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY, THE CONDITIONS AND THE PROCEDURES ON BOARD THE DEEPWATER VERIZON? >> YES, AS OIM I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY...
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| 02:06:59 |
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THE PHRASE THE CONCEPT OF A KICK? >> A KICK AND
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| 02:07:05 |
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FLEX? >> WHAT DOES THAT REFER TO? >> THAT MEANS HE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MUD DENSITY TO HOLD BACK
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| 02:07:16 |
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HYDROCARBONS THAN YOU CAN TAKE AN INFLUX INTO THE WILD BOLTS. >> AND AS I CREATED WELL-CONTROLLED SITUATION? >> YES, IT
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| 02:07:26 |
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WOULD. >> IN A WELL-CONTROLLED SITUATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS MONITORED AND MANAGED BY WHICH PERSONNEL ON BOARD THE
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| 02:07:33 |
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DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> BY WHICH PERSONNEL? >> YES, SIR. >> THAT IS MONITORED BY THE DRILL CREW. >> THAT WOULD BE THE SENIOR TOOL PUSHER
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| 02:07:46 |
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LEGS >> THAT WOULD BE -- I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE ASSISTANT DRILLER,
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| 02:07:50 |
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DRILLER, TOOL
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| 02:07:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PUSHER, MYSELF AND IT JUST DEPENDS WHAT STAGE OF WELL-CONTROLLED YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. WELL CONTROL CAN START BACK WITH THE PLANNING OF THE WELL....
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| 02:08:12 |
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THE WELL. >> DOES THE DRILLER HAD ANY NUMBER OF THINGS YOU CAN DO BEFORE SHUTTING THE WELL LIKE CIRCULATION AND THINGS OF
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| 02:08:20 |
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THAT TYPE? >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? >> SURE, I'LL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. DID THE DEEPWATER HORIZON EXPERIENCE OF CAKE IN MARCH
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| 02:08:31 |
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2 AND 10 ON THIS WELL? >> YEAH, IT WAS IN MARCH 2010. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT WHICH IT LAYS AFTER THE KICK WAS OBSERVED? >> SHUT THE OIL
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| 02:08:48 |
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AND, WE DID THE MUD OUT AND CIRCULATED THE KICK. >> WAS THE WELL-CONTROLLED OPERATION
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| 02:08:55 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT TOOK PLACE IN MARCH OF 2010 ON THE DEEPWATER RICE AND CONDUCT
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| 02:09:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DID BUY THE DRILLER, THE ASSISTANT DRILLER AND THAT CREW? >> WHICH CREW ARE YOUR TALKING ABOUT? >> THE CREW THAT WORKS WITH THE DRILLER, THE DRILLER...
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| 02:09:15 |
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THERE AT THAT TIME. >> AT ANY
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| 02:09:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TIME OF APRIL 20, 2010, THE TIME THE EXPOSURE
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| 02:09:22 |
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TO BASIL YOU IN THE SHOWER, DID ANYONE ADVISE YOU THERE WAS
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| 02:09:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A WELL-CONTROLLED SITUATION? >> NO, SIR. >> IN THE EVENT OF THE DRILLING EMERGENCY, ARE THERE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DRILLING EMERGENCIES THAT ARE OUTLINED...
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| 02:09:38 |
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DEEPWATER HORIZON EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANUAL? >> YEAH, THOUGHT DIFFERENT LEVELS. >> AND THE DRILLER SITS IN THE DRILLING CHAT, IS THAT RIGHT? >> YES,...
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| 02:09:49 |
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DRILLER'S HOUSE. >> AND IN THE DRILLING CHAT
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| 02:09:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE IS EQUIPMENT THAT MONITORS PRESSURE, RIGHT? >>
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| 02:09:57 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YEAH. >> FLOW? >> FLOW. >> AMOUNT OF MUD? >> PBT? YES, THEY MONITOR PVT. >> DOES THE DRILLER HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACT DEBATE THE BOP
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| 02:10:14 |
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ON HIS OWN MILITIA
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| 02:10:17 |
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AND? >> YEAH, HE HAS A DRILLER'S PLAN PANEL ON THE MAIN FLOOR. >>
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| 02:10:28 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OKAY. YOU WERE A DRILLER ONCE, RIGHT? >> YES,
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| 02:10:34 |
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SIR. >> YOU EVER HAVE WELL-CONTROLLED SITUATIONS WHEN YOU WERE A DRILLER? >> YES, SIR. >> PARTY BECOME AWARE
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| 02:10:42 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF A WELL CONTROL A SITUATION? >> YOU HAVE TRAINING AND YOU WATCH ON YOUR SCREEN.
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| 02:10:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU CAN HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
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| 02:10:53 |
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RINGS CAN TAKE DAYS. I MEAN, IT CAN BE DRILL TRANSFIX, PVT, A LOT OF THINGS JUST GOING INTO THIS SCENARIO. >> DID ANYONE AND FOR ME UP AT ANY THE EVENTS...
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| 02:11:19 |
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THE TIME THAT YOU INDICATED IN YOUR STATE AND PEOPLE ON THE DRILLING RIG FORWARD THERE WAS A SITUATION? >> I WAS TOLD BY THE SENIOR TOOL PUSHER WHEN...
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| 02:11:36 |
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HAD TALKED TO THE ASSISTANT DRILLER AND HE WAS PUTTING HIS CLOTHES ON AND GOING TO THE RIG FLOOR AND THAT'S WHEN THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED, WHICH I WOULD...
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| 02:12:02 |
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WAS MR. PURCELL? >> YEAH, I TALKED TO HIM ONCE WE GOT ON THE
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| 02:12:11 |
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BOAT. SOMETIMES INSTEAD OF WAITING ON THE COAST GUARD TO COME PICK UP THE ENGINE. >> AND DID MR. EVES OUT TALK TELL YOU APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME THERE...
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| 02:12:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
20th? >> HE TOLD ME APPROXIMATELY 21:45, JUST PRIOR TO, I MEAN,
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| 02:12:34 |
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JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. DID HE GIVE AN INDICATION OF WHAT HE'D BEEN TOLD BY PEOPLE ON THE DRILLING RIG FLOOR WITH RESPECT TO THE WELL-CONTROLLED ...
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| 02:12:52 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MUD COMING OUT OF THE RISER. >> DID HE GIVE INDICATION TO WEATHER A 21:45 WHEN HE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT MR. ESEL
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| 02:13:05 |
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SAID THE DRILLER OR THE ASSISTANT DRILLER OR ANYONE ON BOARD THE VESSEL HAD ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE BOP? >> HE SAID HE DID TELL ME THAT HE ASKED THE...
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| 02:13:22 |
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HE SAID, THE TOOL PUSHER IS SHUTTING IT IN AS WE SPEAK. >> WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EMERGENCY DISCONNECT SYSTEM AT THAT TIME? >> NOT THAT I
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| 02:13:35 |
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KNOW OF. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT MR. ESEL TOLD YOU EVEN ON BOARD DAIMON BANKSTON OR SINCE
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| 02:13:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE ACCIDENT ABOUT THE WELL-CONTROLLED SYSTEM? >> NO, I REALLY HADN'T TALKED TO HIM. >> HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS ON...
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| 02:14:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
APRIL 20 ABOUT
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| 02:14:04 |
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A WELL CONTROL SITUATION THAT DAY? >> NO, SIR. >> LETS CHANGE TOPICS AND TALK ABOUT THE BOP. >> WHO INSPECTS THE BOP ON
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| 02:14:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BOARD THE DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> WHO INSPECTS THE BOP? >> ENGINEERS ARE IN
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| 02:14:25 |
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CHARGE OF THE BOP'S. >> OR THE SUBSIDY ENGINEERS WHO WORK FOR BP? >> YES, THEY ARE. >> HOW OFTEN WAS THE
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| 02:14:35 |
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BOP INSPECTED ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON? >> CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC
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| 02:14:41 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GOOD WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT INSPECTING? >> WELL, LET'S BREAK IT
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| 02:14:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DOWN. WHETHER INSPECTIONS OF THE BOP ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON UNDER YOUR WATCH AND
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| 02:14:53 |
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COMMAND? >> I MEAN, WE INSPECTED DAILY. THOROUGH CHECKS. >> IN THE SUBSIDY ENGINEERS ARE THE ONES WHO DID THE INSPECTION? >> WELL
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| 02:15:03 |
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YES, AND LIKE I SAY,
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| 02:15:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WE ALSO INSPECT
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| 02:15:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WELL -- >> AT ANY TIME, DID ANYONE EVER SUGGEST TO YOU THAT THE BOP MIGHT NOT HE FUNCTIONING OR MIGHT HAVE ISSUES
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| 02:15:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF FUNCTIONALITY? >> I DID HAVE A LITTLE TAKE ON THE -- ON THE TEST
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| 02:15:34 |
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BRANDS, THE LOWER RAMS, WHICH IS TEST BRANDS USE FOR TESTING BOP IS. UNDERRATED WE HAD A TAKE ON THE OPEN POSITION. TAKE LEEK. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT...
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| 02:16:01 |
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ILL ANYTHING. >> TO THAT CONCERN YOU WHILE? >> I GOT IT TO STOP. NO, IT DIDN'T. I MEAN, IT WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION. YOU CAN RUN THEM IN BLOCK
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| 02:16:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN THE LEEK WAS STUCK. >> AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, APRIL 20 WITH THE BOP FUNCTIONING? >> YES, IT
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| 02:16:22 |
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WAS FUNCTIONING. >> OKAY, FINAL SET OF QUESTIONS THEN. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE BRIDGE, AND YOU COME UP OUT OF
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| 02:16:35 |
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THE SHOWER, YOU ARE JOINED FAIR OR THE CAPTION IS THERE, RIGHT, THE MASTER, MASTER KUTCHA? >> HE IS THAT THE BRIDGE. >> OF THE SUBSIDY ENGINEER, CHRIS...
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| 02:16:52 |
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WERE THERE? >> YES. >> TWO EXPLOSIONS OF ARTY HAPPEN? >> YEAH, THAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS IN THE SHOWER. >> IS FIRE THERE?
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| 02:17:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE IS FIRE ON
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| 02:17:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE
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| 02:17:06 |
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RIG? >> YES, SIR. >> ELECTRICITY IS OUT? >> YES, SIR. >> NO POWER? ENGINES ARE OFF? >> YEAH, NO
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| 02:17:17 |
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WIDGETS. >> CHAOS, RIGHT? AND AT THE TIME YOU OTHERWISE, NO ONE HAD ACTIVATED EMERGENCY DISCONNECT SYSTEMS AFTER ALL THAT? >> NO, I FIGURED -- LIKE I...
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| 02:17:34 |
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FLOOR. .. EDS SYSTEMS LOOKED LIKE IT DIDN'T FUNCTION. >> NO, IT DIDN'T. IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO. >> SO THE EMERGENCY SYSTEMS ON THE
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| 02:18:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
VEST SELL, B.O.P., EDS, FROM YOUR
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| 02:18:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OBSERVATIONS, NEITHER OF THOSE SYSTEMS, WHICH ARE SOLELY DESIGNED TO OPERATE IN AN EMERGENCY, APPEARED TO YOU AS THE OIM IN CHARGE OF THAT VESSEL TO...
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| 02:19:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OK. >> THANK YOU,
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| 02:19:04 |
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VIER. >> OK. >> IN THE WELL CONTROL SITUATION, WOULD YOU TYPICALLY DIVERT TO THE GAS
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| 02:19:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BUSTER? >> NO. >> DO YOU KNOW IF THE RIG FLOWER TRIED TO DIVERT TO THE GAS BUSTER? >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
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| 02:19:26 |
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HAD LINED UP AT THE TIME ON THE PRESELECT. >> AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I'M GETTING A
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| 02:19:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LITTLE CONFUSED.
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| 02:19:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU KEEP REFERRING TO THE PROCEDURE THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE MMS. WAS THAT THE BP PROCEDURE? >> THEY DO A WHALE PLAN HE WERE. THEY SEND IT OUT. BUT THIS...
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| 02:19:53 |
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IT DEVIATED FROM THE INITIAL WHALE PLAN THEY SENT OUT. IT ALSO EXTRA STRINGS AND CASINGS TO IT. AS I STATED EARLIER, THEY HAD BEEN REVISED IN THE PLAN....
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| 02:20:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PROCEDURE OR A BP PROCEED YOU'RE? >> IT'S NOT A -- IT'S JUST A BP OIL PROCEDURE. IT DOES NOT HAVE MMS. >> SO YOU ARE NOT AWARE IF
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| 02:20:30 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE MMS HAD A PROCEED YOU'RE THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY BP THAT WAS A
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| 02:20:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NEGATIVE TEST? >> I KNOW THEY HAVE APD'S. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. >> THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD WITH THE BP
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| 02:20:46 |
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COMPANY MAN, DID IT INCLUDE A
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| 02:20:49 |
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NEGATIVE TEST? WHAT PROCEED YOU'RE WERE THEY REFERRING TO, WAS THAT A BP PROCEED YOU'RE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE MMS OR WAS THAT A BP PROCEED YOU'RE THAT...
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| 02:21:05 |
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CHANGED. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. >> THANK YOU. >> DID THE MMS APPROVED APD THAT YOU HAD ON THE RIG THAT YOU HAD LOOKED AT, DID IT HAVE A NEGATIVE...
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| 02:21:17 |
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IT? >> I CAN'T RECALL. I MEAN, I CAN'T RECALL, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I
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| 02:21:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ALWAYS REQUIRE, A NEGATIVE. >> BUT THE ABD YOU HAD ON THE RIG -- DID YOU EVER LOOK AT THE ABPD? >> YES,. >> BUT YOU
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| 02:21:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CAN'T REMEMBER IF THIS ONE HAD A NEGATIVE TEST? >> I CAN'T REMEMBER. >> I HAVE A COUPLE
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| 02:21:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WERE YOU ON -- WERE YOU ON BOARD THE HORIZON, I BELIEVE IT'S
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| 02:21:50 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN AUGUST 2008? >> YEAH. I'D BEEN ON IT SINCE 2004. >> OK. WERE
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| 02:21:58 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU AWARE OF THE TOTAL LOSS OF POWER ON THE HORIZON, FOR
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| 02:22:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TWO MINUTES? >> THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE GOVERNOR. >> WERE YOU ON BOARD AT THE TIME DURING THAT INCIDENT? >> YES, I WAS. >> YOU SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM...
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| 02:22:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, THERE WAS PROBLEMS WITH THE GOVERNOR. >>
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| 02:22:22 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WITH WITH REDUNDANCY IN THE SYSTEM, WERE YOU DRILLING? >> I DON'T THINK WE WERE DRILLING AT THE TIME. I ACTUALLY THINK --
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| 02:22:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I ACTUALLY THINK WE WERE OUT OF THE HOLE AT THAT TIME. >>
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| 02:22:38 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OK. NOW WITH THE REDUNDANCY, HOW COME
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| 02:22:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE VESTEST LOST POWER FOR TWO MINUTES, WHAT HAPPENED TO EMERGENCY POWERS AND ALL THAT? >> THAT WAS AN OVERSPEED PROBLEM. >> BUT THERE WAS ONLY ONE ENGINE,...
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| 02:22:58 |
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DOWN, AND THEN I KNOW ONE ENGINE STARTED BACK UP. >>
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| 02:23:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BUT IT TOOK TWO MINUTES. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EMERGENCY POWER, DID THE EMERGENCY POWER COME ON WHEN THE REGULAR
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| 02:23:10 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POWER WENT OUT? >> I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS, BUT YEAH, IT WAS -- IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE THE -- >>
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| 02:23:20 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OIM, YOU HAVE A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER FOR TWO MINUTES, IS THAT A CONCERN TO YOU? >> IT'S ACCORDING
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| 02:23:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. >> IT'S WHAT, SIR? >> IT'S ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS, HOW FAST YOU DRIFT OFF. >> BUT EXPERIENCING
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| 02:23:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER FOR TWO MINUTES, IT'S NOT A -- SO IF THE WEATHER WERE PERFECT,
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| 02:23:46 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT? >> YEAH, IT TAKES -- IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES. I MEAN -- I REPORT TO THE BRIDGE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY LIKE THAT, AND...
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| 02:23:55 |
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REMEMBER BEING UP THERE. AND I DON'T RECOLLECT GETTING TOO FAR OFF LOCATION. DURING THAT TWO MINUTES. >> OK. SO THE VESSEL IS DYNAMICALLY POSITIONING...
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| 02:24:13 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POWER? >> YES. >> NOW WHAT IF YOU WERE DRILLING, AND YOU LOST TOTAL POWER, WHAT HAPPENED THERE, WOULD THAT BE A CONCERN TO YOU? >>
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| 02:24:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WELL, YEAH. IT IS. ANY TIME. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT MORE STEPS TO GO THROUGH IF YOU'VE GOT A PIPE
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| 02:24:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ACROSS THERE, YOU'VE GOT TO HANG OFF AND ALL THAT WITH YOU GET INTO YELLOW. CONDITION AND RED, YOU HAVE TO DISCONNECT. >> SO A LOSS OF POWER, REGARDLESS...
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| 02:24:43 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FLOOR. >> SO DID YOU
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| 02:24:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
REPORT THAT INCIDENT TO ANYBODY? >> YES. >> WHO DID YOU REPORT IT TO? >> I REPORT IT HAD TO
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| 02:24:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
UPPER MANAGEMENT, RIG MANAGEMENT. >> AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE REPORT UP TO BRIDGE MANAGEMENT? >> WELL, THEY GO
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| 02:24:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT WHAT CAUSED
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| 02:25:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE PROBLEM, AND FIXING THE
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| 02:25:05 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY RETURN TO WORK. >> WELL, DO YOU CONTACT CLASSIFIED? >> I DIDN'T. >> DID YOU CONTACT THE FLAG STATE? >> I
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| 02:25:17 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DID. >> CAN WE BRING THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR THE DEEP WATER HORIZON,
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| 02:25:26 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
PLEASE. >> OK. >> >> HAVE YOU SEEN THIS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART BEFORE, SIR? >> YES, I HAVE. IT'S POSTED
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| 02:26:00 |
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ON THE ROUTE. >> FOR A BP VESSEL, WHEN
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| 02:26:03 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WOULD IT NOT BE UNDERWAY? >> WHEN WOULD IT NOT BE UNDERWAY? >> YES, SIR. >> WHEN YOU'RE
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| 02:26:09 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LATCHED UP TO THE OIL RIG. >> WHEN YOU'RE
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| 02:26:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LATCHED UP IS -- THAT MEANS YOU'RE LATCHED UP WITH A BOP TO
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| 02:26:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE OIL RIG. >> IS THAT THE DEFINITION
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| 02:26:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF UNDERWAY, WHO'S DEFINED THAT? >> I THOUGHT YOU SAT NOT UNDERWAY. >> SO WHAT I'M SAYING,
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| 02:26:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
LATCH YOUUP, DOES THAT MEAN IT'S NOT UNDERWAY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> ACCORDING TO WHOSE DEFINITION? >>
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| 02:26:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ACCORDING TO WHOSE DEFINITION? >> YES, SIR. >>
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| 02:26:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ACCORDING TO THE CHART HERE. >> I MEAN, ANY TIME WE'RE NOT LATCHED UP, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS AND ALL
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| 02:26:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THAT. AND THE CAPTAIN ON BOARD THE DEEP WATER HORIZON, HE'S IN CHARGE WHEN WE'RE NOT LATCHED UP UNDERWAY, OIM IS IN CHARGE WHEN WE'RE UNDERWAY. >> NO,...
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| 02:27:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
STANDARD TERMINOLOGIES, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IF THIS IS A BP VESSEL, LATCHUP IS NOT AN ANCHORING SYSTEM. SO WOULD THE VESSEL BE CONTINUOUSLY...
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| 02:27:29 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU'RE RESTRICTED -- MANEUVERABILITY WHEN YOU'RE LATCHED UP. >> SO IS THE DRILLING SYSTEM AN ANCHORING
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| 02:27:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SYSTEM? >> NO, IT'S DP. >> SO
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| 02:27:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
DP, IT'S NOT AN ANCHORING SYSTEM IS IT? >> NO, YOU DON'T HAVE ANCHORS ON DP. >> SO THE VESSEL
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| 02:27:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS CONTINUOUSLY UNDERWEIGHT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> TO, IT'S NOT. YOU'RE JUST HOLDING, MAINTAINING POSITION WITH YOU'RE LAPPED
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| 02:27:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
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| 02:27:56 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
UP. YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY WEIGHT. >> BUT YOU ARE UNDERWEIGHT, YOU ARE NOT MAKING WEIGHT BUT YOU ARE UNDERWEIGHT, IS THAT CORRECT? >> I THINK
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| 02:28:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT'S BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED SEVERAL TIMES. >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT TERMINOLOGY MATTERS AND IT DEFINES -- BECAUSE MY CONCERN HERE
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| 02:28:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU
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| 02:28:19 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ARE THE OIM AND YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THE SAFETY OF THE VESSEL AND ITS PERSONNEL, THROUGH THE TESTIMONIES HERE, IT SEEMED TO ME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ...
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| 02:29:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WHAT CONDITION? >> YEAH, IT WOULD BE. AFTER THE DISCONNECT, BECAUSE ONCE YOU DISCONNECT FROM
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| 02:29:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE WHALE HEAD, PIER OR ANYTHING, HE WOULD BE IN COMMAND AT THAT TIME. >> OK. SO FOR WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT YOU TRIED TO ACTIVATE THE BOP, AND...
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| 02:30:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ACTIVATE THE EDS, AND YOU HAVE NO INDICATION WHETHER THE ESD WASN'T ACTIVATED. SO WHEN IT DIDN'T ACTIVATE, ARE YOU ASSUMING YOU WERE IN COMMAND BEFORE...
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| 02:30:37 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IT, IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE
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| 02:30:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MASTER WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SITUATION OR WERE YOU IN CHARGE OF THE SITUATION, SO THERE WAS CHAOS, RIGHT? >> IT WASN'T CHAOS ABOUT THAT. >> WELL, I...
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| 02:30:54 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN TERMS OF WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE VESSEL DURING THIS WHOLE EVOLUTION? >> WELL, THE CAPTAIN, HE'S IN CHARGE DURING EMERGENCY BUT THAT'S SOMETHING...
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| 02:31:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
HIM, LIKE IF WE GO INTO A NEW LOCATION. AFTER WE UNLATCH, HE GOES IN CHARGE, BUT I'M STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYBODY OUT THERE. NO MATTER...
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| 02:31:32 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OF COMMUNICATION, THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, LINE OF AUTHORITY HAS TO BE CLEAR HERE, AND I'M NOT VERY CLEAR ON WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE ORGANIZATION,...
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| 02:32:02 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SO PEOPLE WERE STILL LOOKING TO YOU FOR DIRECTION? >> YES. >> SO PEOPLE WERE STILL LOOKING TO YOU TO ORDER
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| 02:32:08 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TO ABANDON SHIP? >> YEAH. BUT LIKE
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| 02:32:12 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I SAY, THE CAPTAIN, HE PLAYS A
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| 02:32:16 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
MAJOR ROLE TOO, IN EMERGENCIES AND ALL ALSO. >> I UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK THAT'S -- THAT'S WHAT I'M -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN
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| 02:32:25 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I LOOK AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN LITTLE -- THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTIVITIES GOING ON, BUT I DON'T HAVE A...
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| 02:34:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
BECAUSE FORMALLY, BEING UNLATCHED MEANS YOU'RE GOING FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER, AND NORMALLY, LIKE I SAY, YOU WOULDN'T SHOW UP DURING A CRISIS...
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| 02:34:59 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REQUIRE THAT THE OIM, THE MASTER, IS ONE PERSON, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THAT SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM ROUTINE...
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| 02:35:24 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REQUIRE THAT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TWO
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| 02:35:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
INDIVIDUALS, OIM, LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE THE MARINE SIDE OF IT, AND THE MASTER HAVE THE MARINE SIDE OF IT, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE...
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| 02:35:45 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YES, SIR. SO THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, WAS THERE A TIME YOU FEEL THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION, THAT
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| 02:35:53 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS EFFICIENT AS COULD BE? >> I NEVER HAD A CAPTAIN I COULDN'T WORK
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| 02:36:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
WITH. [INAUDIBLE] ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE COAST GUARD MAY HAVE A GOOD PURPOSE TO TRY TO PUT ON PAPER, SOME ORGANIZATIONAL CHART BY HANDING OFF AUTHORITY...
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| 02:37:06 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
SAVED. WELL, THE BANKSMAN WAS OUT THERE, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR A BANKSMAN TO BE OUT THERE, SO 150 PEOPLE COULD -- SEVERAL MAY NOT BE HERE WITH...
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| 02:38:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN OIM, AND IF YOU HAVE THE OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE VESSEL AND THE PERSONNEL, WOULD ANY CHANGES...
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| 02:38:23 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE MASTER WERE THE SAME PERSON. >> YES, SIR. >> BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M SATISFIED WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. >> YES, SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER....
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| 02:38:36 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OK. >> I
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| 02:38:40 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
NEED TO BACK UP A LITTLE, TO -- YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT WHEN YOU FIRST JUMPED THE BOP STACK, YOU HAD A TICK ON
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| 02:38:49 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THE LOWER PIPE ROUNDS, ON THE TEST GROUNDS, IS THAT CORRECT? >> WHEN WE FIRST -- >> WHEN YOU FIRST GOT ON THE RIG, THAT BOP STACK HAD A TICK. >> YEAH....
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| 02:39:01 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
THERE.
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| 02:39:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
AND LIKE I SAY, THEY TRACKED IT DOWN TO THE BOP TEST ROUNDS, WHICH WOULD BE THE LOWER PIPE ROUNDS. IN THE OPEN POSITION. >> DID THEY EVER FIX THAT...
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| 02:39:27 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
IN THE BLOCK. THIS IS NOT A WELL
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| 02:39:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CONTROLLED ROUND EITHER. >> IT'S A TEST ROUND, IT ONLY HOLDS PRESSURE FROM THE TOP. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION IS THOUGH, DID IT...
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| 02:39:39 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
GET FIXED? >> NO, IT WAS STILL -- IT WAS STILL THE SAME, IT
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| 02:39:44 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
STILL HAD A TICK. IF IT WAS IN THE OPEN
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| 02:39:47 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
POSITION, AND IT WAS RAN IN THE BLOCK. >> AND -- >> POSITION. >> YOU JUST KEPT IT IN THE BLOCK POSITION DURING NORMAL DRILLING OPERATIONS. >> THAT'S...
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| 02:40:00 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CONTROLS UNDER NORMAL DRILLING CONDITIONS, IN THE OPEN, BLOCKED, OR -- >>
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| 02:40:04 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
OPEN. >> OPEN. ALL IN THE OPEN. SAME THING WITH -- >> WELL, THAT'S JUST ON THE ROUNDS. >> JUST ON THE
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| 02:40:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
ROUNDS. >> BUT NOW YOUR
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| 02:40:15 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
FAILSAFE VALVES, THEY'RE KEPT CLOSED. THAT'S YOUR CHOKE AND KILL VALVES. >> I'M JUST
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| 02:40:21 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
TALKING STRICTLY THE BOP STACK ITSELF. >> THEY'RE KEPT IN THE OPEN POSITION. >> WHEN YOU CONVERT OVER FROM DRILLING OPERATIONS AND
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| 02:40:31 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
YOU BEGIN RUNNING YOUR CASING AND
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| 02:40:35 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
CEMENTING OPERATIONS, THE BOP CONTROLS STILL STAY IN THE SAME POSITION, THE OPEN POSITION? >> YEAH, THEY DO. YOU HAVE TO -- YOU DO BACK OFF YOUR PRESSURE...
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| 02:40:48 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
COLLAPSING THE CASING, AND IF THE CASING -- YOU DO HAVE TO GO INTO -- YOU HAVE TO SWITCH IT TO EDS2 INSTEAD OF ED S1 ON ACCOUNT OF THE CASINGS BEING...
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| 02:41:16 |
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ONE UP AT THE -- U.N. UP AT THE BRIDGE, CCR, AN ONE
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| 02:41:20 |
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ON/ THE DRILL FLOOR. >> YOU DO HAVE ANOTHER PANEL IN THE CCU, BUT IT'S NOT AN ACTUAL BOP PANEL. >>
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| 02:41:30 |
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BUT CAN YOU CONTROL THE BOP STACK FROM THE CC? >> YOU CAN DO CERTAIN CONTINUATION DOWN THERE, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THE OPENING
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| 02:41:38 |
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AND CLOSING OF THE BOP'S AND THE
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| 02:41:42 |
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RAMS. >> YOU CANNOT OPEN A CONTROLLED -- THE RAMS FROM THE CCR ROOM? >> WELL, YOU CAN, BUT LIKE I SAY, IT DON'T
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| 02:41:51 |
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HAVE A PANEL. THEY
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| 02:41:56 |
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GOT DIFFERENT READINGS. THEY CAN USE THAT WHEN THEY -- THEY DO USE THAT WHEN THEY'VE GOT THE BOP'S UP AT THE SURFACE. >> SO THEY CAN USE THAT CONTROL...
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| 02:42:13 |
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OK. >> DOES THAT CONTROL IN THE CCR, DOES THAT CONTROL ACT AS A MASTER TO THE OTHER
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| 02:42:26 |
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TWO? >> YOU SAID CCR. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE. >> I'M SORRY. >> THAT'S CCU. >> CCU, I'M
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| 02:42:35 |
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SORRY. DOES THAT CONTROL UNIT IN THE CCU ACT AS A MASTER TO THE OTHER TWO CONTROL PANELS? >>
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| 02:42:42 |
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WELL, IT -- IT'S EVEN GOT A IT'S EVEN GOT DATA, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET OFF THIS ONE. YOU CANNOT GET DATA OFF THE OTHER
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| 02:42:53 |
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TWO. >> RIGHT. >> IT'S LIKE THE BRAIN. >> I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, CAN I DISABLE THE ONE AT THE FLOOR AND CAN I DISABLE OR TAKE THEM OUT OF SERVICE,
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| 02:43:02 |
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THE ONE AT THE DRILL FLOOR -- >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. >> AND THE ONE AT THE BRIDGE, BY THE OPERATION OF THE ONE IN THE CCU? >> NO, NOT TO MY
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| 02:43:12 |
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KNOWLEDGE. >> SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF THE ONE IS THE CCU GOT PUT
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| 02:43:23 |
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INTO THE BLOCK OR THE NEUTRAL POSITION, HE DOES NOT RENDER THE OTHER TWO CONTROL PANELS OUT OF SERVICE OR INOPERABLE WHERE YOU HAVE NO BOP FUNCTION...
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| 02:43:43 |
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WOULD CHANGE. YEAH, IT WOULD STILL FUNCTION. I'M SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION. >> >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE AND TESTIFYING IN ...
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| 02:44:02 |
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TO THE BOARD IN ADDITION TO THIS INVESTIGATION? >> THERE'S ONE THING I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT DURING ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GOT
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| 02:44:12 |
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ON THAT BOAT, THIS WAS A LOT OF -- A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TRAUMA AND ALL ON THAT BOAT AND THEY KEPT THEM OUT THERE FOR 30...
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| 02:45:24 |
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UNDERSTAND AT THE SAME TIME THAT WAS THE ONLY MAJOR VESSEL OUT THERE FOR
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| 02:45:28 |
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THE SEARCH AND RESCUE AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE 11 MISSING MEMBERS OF THE HORIZON, SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SIR. >> OK. >> AND SO IF...
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| 02:45:42 |
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YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE DISMISSED. >> THANK YOU. >> WE'LL TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 11:00. THANK YOU.
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PLEASE
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.