![]() ![]() Using fewer centralizers, they argued, allowed BP to save time and money on a project that was behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget. Gagliano said his models showed that using only six centralizers indicated “severe gas flow potential.” A report that BP issued for its investigation of the blowout concluded that using six centralizers instead of 21 likely wasn’t a factor in the cement job’s failure.īut plaintiffs’ attorneys have said the extra centralizers were intended to reduce the risk of a blowout. BP, however, decided to use only six centralizers for the cement job. Gagliano said BP had the ultimate responsibility for deciding how the cement job would be performed and didn’t always follow his recommendations.įor instance, Gagliano had recommended the use of 21 centralizers, which are devices designed to ensure the casing is running down the center of the well bore. BP had argued that Gagliano’s late change of heart would give Halliburton an unfair strategic advantage, but a judge permitted Gagliano to testify. He previously had been interviewed by a congressional committee and testified in 2010 before a government panel probing the disaster. ![]() Gagliano invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at his 2011 deposition but later agreed to testify at trial. BP will begin presenting its defense once Halliburton rests its case, possibly later this week. The trial, which has entered its sixth week, is designed to determine what caused the blowout of BP’s Macondo well and assign fault to the companies involved. “At any time when you recommended to BP something and they did not follow your recommendation, did you think at any time that that created a risk of a hazard?” Halliburton attorney Donald Godwin asked. Halliburton employee Jesse Gagliano, a witness for his employer at a trial over the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people, said his relationship with employees for London-based BP PLC deteriorated amid disagreements about how to perform the cement job that ultimately failed to seal the BP-owned well.īut Gagliano said he said he never saw a reason to call a temporary halt to the project before the well’s blowout. NEW ORLEANS - A man who worked for BP’s cement contractor on the drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 testified Tuesday that he didn’t believe the oil giant’s employees were risking workers’ safety when they didn’t follow his recommendations.
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