[QUOTE=company man 1;37813]I went back & watched all of Mr. Harrell’s testimony just so I could answer your questions. I will do my best. A drilling hole will have solids accumulate at the bottom as the mud sits in a static condition. The reason the attorney questioned Mr. Harrell about these things is because if BP tries one more time to stick it to Halliburton, they are gonna break it off & stick it right back to BP with plenty of interest on return. Halliburton made specific recommendations which BP ignored. BP’s own cementing plan called for a bottoms up circulation which they didn’t perform due to time. The float equipment not functioning properly was a clear indication that the LCM had the hole plugged off at the bottom & needed to be circulated out so that the mud could be conditioned to comparable mud weight throughout the hole thus keeping the cement from being pushed out position & being lost into the zone & not doing its job. The fact that the casing took extra slack off weight was a clear indicator that the hole was plugged & needed to be circulated out before pumping cement.
I noticed Mr. Harrell say he didn’t think any of the centralizers had been run. That would mean that every one of Halliburton’s recommendations were thrown into the trash can. This is the most clear cut case of premeditated negligence that could ever be imagined.[/QUOTE]
That comment by Harrell “I thought they left them off” wasn’t followed up on, and that surprised me. Harrell seemed not to be concerned by anything that went on out there. Thanks for your clear explanation.