so were the plans for chevron and konica phillips -- conoco- phillips.shell did not give us a plan, but we were told that they had the same strategies as a bp used that have not worked. on paper, these plants look reassuring. bp's plan says it can handle the spell of 250,000 barrels per day. both chevron and shell say they can handle over two hundred thousand barrrls per day. exxon says and they can handle over 150,000 barrels per day. that is far more oil than is currently leaking into the gulf. but when you look at the the details, it becomes evident that these plans are just paper exercises. bp failed miserably when confronted with a real leak, and one can only wonder whether exxoo and mobil and the other companies will do any better. it contacteds with the response corp. to provide equipment for a response. all the other companiessrely on this same contractor. bp's plan shows another contractor who will organize spill removal. all of the other companies use a the same contractor. bp's plan relies on 22,000 gallons of dispersant tored in mississippi.

yet all your peers, the ceo of exxon, chevron, konica phillips, and shell, all pointed out your reckless behavior. later on, halliburton warns your company that the well could have a severe gas flow problem. were you aware of their warning? yes or no? >> i was not involved -- >> i do not want to hear this. i want to know, you in your position, has anyone on your staff brief you about halliburton warning your company that we could have a severe gas flow problem? were you ever notified or breathed? yes or no? >> no. >> so you are up at the top echelon. did you hear about the e-mails? >> later that day a bp official involved in the decision recognized the risk of proceeding with insufficient centralizes houers sitting "who cares. we will probably be fine" -- that was four days prior to the incident. >> i had no knowledge of it prior to the incident. >> in light of what your four peers have said dealing with safety, the precautions with the pressure test reading in dealing with halliburton, don't you think there is reckless behavior indication? if what i told you is true, do you think that b