As the cap into place exactly a week ago continued to stymie the once stubborn flow of oil below the gulf’s surface, an investigative panel heard candid testimony from a widow of a rig worker killed during the April 20th rig tragedy. Natalie Roshto relived some of the words she heard from her husband Shane before he died in the rig blast. “I mean from day one, he deemed this hole a well from hell. he said the earth, he said mother nature just doesn’t want to be drilled here.” Her husband worked for Trans Ocean, which owned the rig and was operating it for BP’s drilling project. She accused her husband’s supervisors of dwarfing safety concerns to save money. “I want to stress that this industry is vital for our country. and for our men to be out there drilling and their lives being put under business agendas, that’s what I want stressed,” said Roshto. A key BP employee followed Roshto. John Guide, a BP Wells Team Leader quickly faced questions from investigator Jason Matthews of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management which replaced the Minerals Management Service. Matthews wanted to know if BP put money ahead of lives. Matthews asked Guide, “Do you think that BP did everything they could to manage the risk as low as possible?” Guide replied, “Yes, sir.” Though workers from the company Schlumberger were on the rig to conduct a final cement strength test, BP opted against it. Known as a cement bond log, it tests whether cement in the well’s casing has gaps and many industry …
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