NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A retired BP employee who supervised drilling operations on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico testified Wednesday that he never felt pressure to sacrifice safety to save money, even though the project was behind schedule and over budget.

“I don’t believe in pushing people to keep schedules. I’m just not going to do it, especially if safety is involved,” former BP well site leader Ronnie Sepulvado said at a federal trial designed to assign fault for the deadly disaster to the companies involved in drilling BP PLC’s Macondo well.