Tony Hayward goes before Congress

[my-rifle]

I got a copy of the letter sent to Tony Hayward summoning him to appear before congress. It looks like the gun is smoking big time.

http://www.my-rifle.com/tony hayward and congress.pdf

This is a 3.7MB ile, so don't try it if you don't have either high-speed internet service or a lot of patience.

 

[Aberdog1]

it's upside down

 

[bs875]

it's upside down

And fourteen pages. And I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for. How about a summary of the gun that is smoking?

 

[nickatnite]

Mr. Tony Hayward
Chief Executive Officer
BPPLC
1 St. James's Square
London SWI Y 4PD
United Kingdom
Dear Mr. Hayward:
COMMITIEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE
2125 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6115
MAJORITY (202) 225-2927
FACSIMILE (202) 225-2525
MINORITY (202) 225-3641
energycommerce.house.gov
June 8, 2010
JOE BARTON, TEXAS
RANKING MEMBER
ROY BLUNT, MISSOURI
DEPUTY RANKING MEMBER
RALPH M. HALL, TEXAS
FRED UPTON, MICHIGAN
CLIFF STEARNS, FLORIDA
ED WHITFIELD, KENTUCKY
JOHN SHIMKUS, ILLINOIS
JOHN B. SHADEGG, ARIZONA
STEVE BUYER, INDIANA
GEORGE RADANOVICH, CALIFORNIA
JOSEPH R. PITTS, PENNSYLVANIA
MARY BONO MACK, CALIFORNIA
LEE TERRY, NEBRASKA
MIKE ROGERS, MICHIGAN
SUE WILKINS MYRICK, NORTH CAROLINA
JOHN SULLIVAN, OKLAHOMA
TIM MURPHY, PENNSYLVANIA
MICHAEL C. BURGESS, TEXAS
MARSHA BLACKBURN, TENNESSEE
PHIL GINGREY, GEORGIA
STEVE SCALISE, LOUISIANA
PARKER GRIFFITH, ALABAMA
ROBERT E. LATTA, OHIO
The Committee on Energy and Commerce and its Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations are investigating the causes of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig
and the oil spill now spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. The Subcommittee will hold a
hearing on these issues on Thursday, June 17,2010, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2123 ofthe Rayburn
House Office Building. We request your testimony at this hearing.
The Subcommittee anticipates that its members may have questions requiring technical
knowledge of the Deepwater Horizon rig operations, well design, and safety measures and,
accordingly, we ask that you be accompanied by a BP employee or official with sufficient
knowledge to answer these questions under oath.
We appreciate BP's ongoing assistance with the Committee's investigation. An
enclosure provides information for witnesses appearing before the Committee. If you have any
questions regarding this invitation, please contact Molly Gaston or Meredith Fuchs with the
Committee staff at (202) 226-2424.

 

[nickatnite]

I love this comment here by these guys:

BP stmt ed drilling the Macondo well on October 7, 2009, using the Marianas ri g. This
rig was damaged in Hurricane Ida on November 9, 2009. As a result, BP and the rig operator,
Transocean, replaced the Marianas ri g with the Deepwater Horizon. Drilling with the Deepwater
Hori zon started on February 6, 20 I O.
The Deepwater Hori zon rig was expensive. Transocean charged BP approximately
$500,000 per day to lease the ri g, plus contractors' fees.] BP targeted drilling the well to take 51
days and cost approximately $96 million?
The Deepwater Horizon was supposed to be drilling at a new location as early as March
8,20 103 In fact, the Macondo well took considerably longer than plarmed to complete. By
April 20, 20 10, the day of the blowout, the rig was 43 days late for its next drilling location,
which may have cost BP as much as $21 million in leasing fees alone. It also may have set the
context for the series of deci sions that BP made in the days and hours before the blowout.

Hmmm. So we were 43 days behind? If you take out the 31 days that the Marianas spudded the well, that leaves us 13 days behind. Which, is purely acceptable when drilling exploration wells.

Side note:
When one sets up wells, they look at thinks like days per 10k to drill and depth vs. days to get drilling times and curves. If one stops and then brings another rig in (like in this case) those numbers do not carry over.

 

[my-rifle]

You really have to read the whole thing. 14 pages really isn't that much. It took me about ten minutes.

 

[Aberdog1]

You really have to read the whole thing. 14 pages really isn't that much. It took me about ten minutes.

Did you turn your computer screen upside down or stand on your head to read it?

 

[Splash]

Did you turn your computer screen upside down or stand on your head to read it?

Shift+Ctrl+Plus Sign or right click and rotate

 

[my-rifle]

Nick from my understanding the transcript didn't say the well was 43 days behind. It said the Deepwater Horizon was 43 days behind schedule, ie. it should have finished drilling 43 days before the day it (euphemistically) stopped drilling. At $500,000 per day that would put it (somebody check my math here ) about $21,500,000 over budget for rig rental alone.

My guess is that that put a bit of pressure on BPs management to speed the rig operations to stop the hemorrhaging. I think they had no idea of what hemorrhaging was until this thing blew up.

My understanding is that BP now plans to keep Hayward around as long as possible, so all the stink attaches to him, then fire him, and bring in someone who will reap all the rewards of solving the problem.

 

[Storm52]

If I were Hayward, I'd tell congress to stick it. I'd show up when the situation is under control.