Gulf oil spill question

[Larryjk]

Fabsroman, Where did you get the information that Halliburton installed the BOP stack? At least on "on-shore" operations, this is a duty of the drilling rig operator, in accordance with the APD (Application for Permit to Drill). On those operations Halliburton wouldn't have anything to do with casing operations, other than cementing. That is far removed from the BOP installation, which would be the first order of business after surface conductor installation.