Deposition Testimony of: Robert Bodek - Broadcast Interactive Media

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00090:12 Q. Sure. If BP injects mud where
13 the static mud weight is lower than it
14 should be relative to the pore pressure,
15 that can result in the well flowing and a
16 blowout occurring that was induced by BP's
17 selection of the mud weight?
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00090:20 A. That can influence it.
21 Q. Okay.
22 A. It's not -- unless you have a
23 porous, permeable medium that's capable of
24 flowing that it can be flow.
25 Q. Okay. So just so that we're
00091:01 clear. Kicks, they aren't just something
02 that happen. They can be caused by mud
03 weight selection of people drilling. True?
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00091:06 A. In some instances.
07 Q. And good mud weight selection
08 can prevent kicks that would otherwise
09 occur but for the choice of an optimal mud
10 weight relative to the pore pressure,
11 right?
12 A. In some instances.
13 Q. Okay. Now, let's go back to
14 this document.
15 In terms of the Tier 2
16 decision, were you familiar with the
17 difference between a Tier 1 and a Tier 2
18 decision from the standpoint of BP's
19 management of change?
20 A. No, I wasn't.
21 Q. Let's go to the next page, which
22 is a Tier 3 decision. This is something
23 that has an estimated potential impact of
24 2' to $5 million of unplanned activities.
25 Are you with me?
00092:01 A. Yes, sir.
02 Q. Examples of a Tier 3 decision
03 would be a sidetrack versus -- versus
04 fishing following a stuck pipe.
05 That actually occurred
06 during the drilling of the Macondo 252#1,
07 right?
08 A. Yes, sir.
09 Q. You-all went down to a certain
10 depth. There was a kick. There was stuck
11 pipe. There was a decision made instead of
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