so there were lights on for both of the annulars, correct? >> lights on for both of the annulars? >> sure. to operate the annulars, there are various buttons underneath, correct? >> yes. >> and those buttons are in effect lights, correct? >> that's correct. >> and there were -- those buttons were lit up under both annulars, is that right? >> one was showing closed. one was showing open. >> okay. but both of them had lights on and the lower one was showing what color? >> green. >> and the upper one was showing what color? >> the lower annular was showing red because it was closed. the upper annular was showing green. >> okay. and neither of those were showing vent or yellow? >> no. >> all right. and then as you moved down the stack, the various buttons for the rams, what were they showing? >> everything was showing open in the green position. >> okay. was there a light on under the eds button? >> yes. >> what color was the light under the eds button? >> red for normal. >> was there a light on under the dead man? >> yes, it was on. >> ll, what color was that light? do you recall? >>

so there were lights on for both of the annulars, correct? >> lights on for both of the annulars?re. to operate the annulars, there are various buttons underneath, coect? >> yes. >> and those buttons are in effect lights, correct? >> that's correct. >> and there were -- those buttons were lit up under both annulars, is that right? >> one was showing closed. one was showing open. >> okay. but both ofhem had lights on and the lower one was showing what color? >> green. >> and the upper one was showing what color? >> the lower annular was showing red because it was closed. the upper annular was showing green. >> okay. and neither of those were showing vent or yellow? >> no. >> all right. and then as you moved down the stack, the various buttons for the rams, what were they showing? >> everything was showing open in the green position. >> okay. was there a light on under the eds button? >> yes. >> what color was the light under the eds button? >> red for normal. >> was there a light on under the dead man? >> yes, it was on. >> well, what color was that light? do you recall? >> i don't

as far as annulars we change the rubber goods. as far as going into a piston, that depends on if, you know, we have something leaking or if we cut a window in the casing or something like that, you know. a lot of things depend on what happened in that whale. but, you know, like i say, the normal things are checking accumulator bottles. you have to adjust them for different water depth. you change out all of your filters in your pods. you check all of your precharges. you grease all of your valves. check -- grease all your operating valves. check all of your hoses. you inspect your connectors, ange out the gaskets in those. that's normal. i mean, it's several other things. if we have any issues with pods or something, you know, we'll work on them. if a valve needs rebuilding. >> prior to the b.o.p. splash for this well, did you change the hoses? >> yes, we did. half inch. >> who changed the hoses? >> sub c support team. >> from transocean? >> that's correct. did you change the batteries? >> no, sir. >> did you change the hydraul li

in the case of the deep water horizon, it was fitted out with five rampart vendors and three annular regulators. it was in excess of the regulations. in the case of the deep water horizon, in addition to manual operation from the rig, the bop system was fitted out with two automatic response systems and an rov intervention system. in terms of satisfying, and in fact far exceeding regulations with respect to the blog printer, we certainly complied. -- the blowout preventer, we certainly complied. >> thank you. mr., there has been with bp a series of horrific accidents over a number of years. again and again, major safety problems, problems that have resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in fines being paid by your company, settling criminal charges, and in each case, as far as i can tell, and i have looked back at the explosion of the texas city refinery, the fire at the lighting refinery, violations at the toledo refinery, the failure to maintain the pipeline system on the north slope, the company also says the same thing -- i want to have your reaction because we've all said t