Deposition Testimony of: Robert Bodek - Broadcast Interactive Media

00213:13 Q. Right?
14 A. Yes.
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00213:23 Q. You knew it was behind schedule,
24 didn't you?
25 A. That statement -- I knew it was
00214:01 behind schedule, yes. I don't understand
02 the totality of factors that go into why it
03 was behind schedule. There's many --
04 Q. Fair enough.
05 A. -- there's many drilling issues
06 as well as subsurface issues.
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00214:13 Q. How far behind schedule was the
14 DEEPWATER HORIZON in terms of delivering
15 this well?
16 A. I don't know how far.
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00214:19 Q. In these short drilling
20 intervals, around 2,000 feet, where you
21 only have an hour or two, 200 feet of
22 possible change and possible detection of
23 overpressured sand, we can either stop
24 drilling and try to figure out what is
25 happening, why no indications of pressure
00215:01 like connection gases for example, or stick
02 to a weight up schedule and ignore the
03 absence of pressure indicators. Where to
04 stop would have to be arbitrary, say 500
05 feet. Do I think this is realistically
06 going to fly with you folks? No. You
07 mentioned in your e-mail that we need to
08 have more discussions, but in the case of
09 absence/subtle indications we will probably
10 drill through it/take kick before we can
11 have the discussion.
12 Did I read that correctly?
13 A. Yes, sir.
14 Q. Gord Bennett is saying we are
15 not going to slow down. We are not going
16 to stop. We're going to drill through
17 these signs and risk taking the kick.
18 That's what he just said he thinks BP's
19 going to do regardless of what he says,
20 right?
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