At 8:20 p.m. on the day of the explosion the pressure data suggest there was a constant flow of sea water being pumped into the drill pipe that was displacing the heavier mud system which was the primary pressure control for the well.
Yet this situation seemed a pipe dream not so long ago: Iraq's security forces, serving an elected government, assume primary responsibility for the good order of their own country.
Thus, the primary issue in the case is whether Cuban entered into an agreement with the company to maintain the confidentiality of the PIPE and not to sell his shares in Mamma.com during the course of these conversations.