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7 The rig was getting dated, and Lloyd’s findings R. Brown, “Oil Rig’s Siren Was Kept Silent, Technician Says,” New York Times, July 23, 2010, p. A1; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/us/24hearings.html?_r=1&hp.
8 The rig lost all its fluid I. Urbina, “BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Well Before Blast,” New York Times, May 26, 2010, p. A1; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/us/27rig.html?_r=2.
9 “We got to a depth of 18,260 feet” “USCG/BOEM Marine Board of Investigation into the Marine Casualty, Explosion, Fire, Pollution, and Sinking of Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with Loss of Life in the Gulf of Mexico,” April 21–22, 2010,” testimony of John Guide, transcript p. 87, lines 1–25, July 22, 2010; http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/go/doc/3043/856503/.
10 “While drilling that hole section we lost over 3,000 barrels of mud” “USCG/MMS Marine Board of Investigation into the Marine Casualty, Explosion, Fire, Pollution, and Sinking of Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with Loss of Life in the Gulf of Mexico 21–22 April 2010,” testimony of Mark Hafle, transcript pp. 42–43, lines 1–25, 1–5, May 28, 2010; http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/go/doc/3043/670171/.
11 At over $250 per barrel P. Parsons, “The Macondo Well: Part 3 in a Series About the Macondo Well (Deepwater Horizon) Blowout,” Energy Training Resources, LLC, July 2010, pp. 17, 15; http://www.energytrainingresources.com/data/default/content/Macondo.pdf. See also M. J. Derrick, “Cost-Effective Environmental Compliance in the Gulf of Mexico,” World Energy Magazine 4, No. 1 (2001); http://www.derrickequipment.com/Images/Documents/wemdvol4no1.pdf.
12 Delays cost a week and led to a budget add-on of $27 million “AFE Summary for the Macondo Well,” http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/go/doc/3043/914919.
13 Forty-three days behind R. Brown, “Oil Rig’s Siren Was Kept Silent, Technician Says,” New York Times, July 23, 2010, p. A1; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/us/24hearings.html?_r=1&hp.
14 Crew is informed they’d lost $25 million, “Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster,” a 60 Minutes report that features Mike Williams, CBS News, May 16, 2010; http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/16/60minutes/main6490197.shtml.
15 The final section of the well bore extended to 18,360 feet U.S. Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 14, 2010, letter from Henry Waxman and Bart Stupak to Tony Hayward, 111th Congress: p. 4; http://energycommerce.house.gov/documents/20100614/Hayward.BP.
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16 “Cost is not a deciding factor” “USCG/MMS Marine Board of Investigation into the Marine Casualty, Explosion, Fire, Pollution, and Sinking of Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with Loss of Life in the Gulf of Mexico,” April 21–22, 2010, testimony of David Sims, May 26, 2010; http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/go/doc/3043/670067/.
17 “a win-win situation” USCG/BOEM Marine Board of Investigation into the Marine Casualty, Explosion, Fire, Pollution, and Sinking of Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, with Loss of Life in the Gulf of Mexico,” April 21–22, 2010, testimony of John Guide, transcript p. 397, lines 18–23, July 22, 2010; http://www.deepwaterinvestigation.com/go/doc/3043/856503/.
18 “With every decision, didn’t BP reduce” “Video: Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Footage,” July 22, 2010, Part 36, posted on July 24, 2010; http://www.dvidshub.net.
19 “without a doubt a riskier way to go” I. Urbina, “BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Well Before Blast,” New York Times, May 26, 2010, p. A1; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/us/27rig.html?_r=2.
20 Jason Anderson’s concerns over safety “BP Toolpusher Jason Anderson Feared for His Life,” June 3, 2010; http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/52541\. See also “Deepwater Horizon Victim—Jason Anderson,” http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/deepwater-horizon-victim-jason-anderson . See also R. Arnold, “Son Warned of Trouble on Doomed Rig,” August 16, 2010; http://www.click2houston.com/news/24652197/detail.html. See also T. Junod, “Eleven Lives,” Esquire,