centralize

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Department of Justice, Halliburton had sought in court proceedings to pin blame on BP for the blowout because of its decision to save "time and money" by using only 6 centralizers.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2013

BP had only six centralizers on Deepwater Horizon, according to internal e-mails released by investigators.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 29, 2011

When a BP engineering official told Guide about plans to fly extra centralizers to the rig, Guide objected, partly because, he wrote, "it will take 10 hrs to install them."

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2010

Halliburton, a contractor to BP, recommended that the company install 21 devices called "centralizers" in the well, but BP used only six.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2010

By that, I mean that we’ll all sell to the same creamery, and get the best we can out of the centralizers by the cooperative method.

From The Brown Mouse by Quick, Herbert