>> mr. morel, mr. guide, mr. hafely and mr. simms. >> prior to that meeting, what was bp's objective? was it to run all liner? >> i am not sure they decided prior to that meeting occurred >> during that meeting, the decision to run along stream was made. >> the final decision was not made in that meeting. >> when was it made? >> i do not know the exact date that that was made. >> do you know who made that final decision? >> at the time i did not, no. >> do you know if the final decision was ever made? >> i learned of that after the fact. >> that it was never made? >> no. the decision was made, and i just was not copies on the documents for the approval for that. >> a deeper debate in the management and change process for that? >> -- did you participate in the management and change process for that? >> no, i did not. i did nots well, participate in any of the change. >> do you know if the ons- site manager has final approval of the change? the well site leader, in this case. >> i don't -- i don't know if that's correct, but i do

. >> didn't haliburton personnel on the rigs have any conversations with mr. morel? >> not that i'm aware of. >> is a typical protocol for haliburton to only notify the operator, bp in this case, or for example, if you did work molex, do you know we just send it to the operator or do you have any contact? a veteran indicate a santos deep ecologist giving and example of an operator. i apologize for that. [inaudible] >> i was just trying to explain and operated i apologize, ma'am. i just looked around the room and saw an operator and pick your name. [laughter] >> but is a protocol for you all to just notify the operator? >> yes. i just had to bp. i don't get involved with partners or anything like that. >> were you aware of the returns of this well, sir? >> yes. >> didn't have any effect on the cement job? >> well, when we were modeling fee job several days before that, i wasn't aware of any losses. when it came to closer to the cement job. they had terrible losses throughout the well. but amazing they were they were looking at was modeling the liner compared a long st

mr. morell, i've seen some testimony from individual on the rig that did something totally different than what was in that ops manual and've seen one that was referenced in an m.i. swaco procedure and there was another one that i'v seen. i don't know which one they did to be honest with you. do you think there w any control over theerformance of a neglect testify test on the deepwater horizon, there's four ocedures being sent out to the rig. >> i don't know how i can comment on that. >> okay. >> you touched on the drilling superintendent earlier, an we were going to ask you about that, because we asked a bp employee who was a current well site leader if he knew what that was and he responded no but i think you cleared up, it is now a well site leader. >> wells tealeader. >> wells team leader. >> was it once called the drilling superintendent and they did an organizational change to call it a wells team lead? >> when we moved -- if you look at the letters, we used to call them rig supervisor and we realized we're not supervising the rig, so that's what we changed to well site leader, that

mr. morell, i've seen some testimony from individual on the rig that did something totally different thanwhat was in that ops manual and i've seen one that was referenced in an m.i. swaco procedure and there was another one that i've seen. i don't know which one they did to be honest with you. do you think there was any control over the performance of a neglect testify test on the deepwater horizon, there's four procedures being sent out to the rig. >> i don't know how i can comment on that. >> okay. >> you touched on the drilling superintendent earlier, an we were going to ask you about that, because we asked a bp employee who was a current well site leader if he knew what that was and he responded no but i think you cleared up, it is now a well site leader. >> wells team leader. >> wells team leader. >> was it once called the drilling superintendent and they did an organizational change to call it a wells team leader? >> when we moved -- if you look at the letters, we used to call them rig supervisor and we realized we're not supervising the rig, so that's what we changed to well site l

so the procedure that mr. morel gave you -- and i'm sorry if i'm making you repeat yourself -- it was a reader's digest version of procedures; is that the way i heard it described by you or mr. kohnke? >> that was a comment i made. >> ok. was it multiple pages? >> yes, it was several pages, but it covered a large area. >> so was it for the test on the rig for that day, or was it just for the lockdown sleeve procedures? >> if i'm remembering correctly, it was, it took in the, the whole casing job all the way through the riser cleaning. >> all right. based on what you read, did you see any deviation from what occurred in what occurred during that day? >> well, when it comes to the drilling end of it, that's not my line, that's not my reason for being there. i'm an old subsea hand, that's my expertise, and the well preparation, the sequence of events, those are not my decisions to make. i might be able to -- i could have discussion concerning it, but i don't make any decisions in that. >> i understand. i was just wonde

so the procedure that mr. morel gave you -- and i'm sorry if i'm making you repeat yourself -- it was a reader's digest version of procedures; is that the way i heard it described by you or mr. kohnke? >> that was a comment i made. >> ok. was it multiple pages? >> yes, it was several pages, but it covered a large area. >> so was it for the test on the rig for that day, or was it just for the lockdown sleeve procedures? >> if i'm remembering correctly, it was, it took in the, the whole casing job all the way through the riser cleaning. >> all right. based on what you read, did you see any deviation from what occurred in what occurred during that day? >> well, when it comes to the drilling end of it, that's not my line, that's not my reason for being there. i'm an old subsea hand, that's my expertise, and the well preparation, the sequence of events, those are not my decisions to make. i might be able to -- i could have discussion concerning it, but i don't make any decisions in that. >> i understand. i was just wonde