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mr. inslee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hayward, how many deep water operations to have around the world, how many rigs? >> i do not know the precise number, but it is probably in the order of 15 or so. >> 15 or so. when of the things i have run into and mr. scalise alluded to it, we have had ovvr 600 request for submissions, products, concepts, ways to cap the well, etc. because of ethics, we cannot and will not go ahead and make anybody meet with anybody. so does -- we just refer them. the best i can tell is that havee three out of the 6600 received an email back -- thank you for your submission. there seems to be a closed loop of the vendors that you are dealing with, which my frustration is is that the hole is still wide open. when this accident first occurred, everyone said, we will take whatever ideas and suggestions, whatever appear. top hat, whatever. i have seen some people that have called me and we have referred them and they have never heard one from your company. is this -- is this just if you are not a vendor