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So-called bottom kill. more mud and cement will be injected into bedrock 2 1/2 miles below the sea floor. this as new estimates are out at the bp price tag. the company could be fined as much as $21 billion if it is found to have committed gross negligence or willful misconduct. the fine could drop to $17.6 billion if the government credits the company for the oil it has already recovered. joining us once again tonight, former oil executive, bob cavnar, who writes about the industry at dailyhurr...

In the well-being filled with mud. we now have equalized the pressure -- the hydro static pressure of the sea water with the pressure inside the capping stack. and basically have reached a static condition in the well that allows us to have high confidence that there will be no oil leaking into the environment, and we have significantly improved our chances to finally kill the well with the reliefwells when that does occur. the discussions that are going on today between the science team down in...

Different points. the yet to be finished relief wells will be used to execute a shof called bottom kill. more mud and cement will be injected into bedrock 2 1/2 miles below the sea floor. this as new estimates are out at the bp price tag. the company could be fined as much as $21 billion if it is confined to commit gross negligence or willful misconduct. the fine could drop to $17.6 billion if the government credits the company for the oil it has already recovered. joining us once again tonight,...

His students demonstrated the procedure for cnn earlier. look at this. >> as can you see, the well is flowing from the top. when the well is flowing, you cant do a static kill because as soon as you inject mud it is blown out into the ocean. to have the static kill you must have the apparatus at the top to control flowing. the brown there simulates mud. the blue area simulates the ocean. this is the primary well, and this is a capping stack which for a series of hours will control flow. this is ...

Those are things we need to learn. regarding the total volume of mud that we pumped in, it will vary on whether or not we are pumping into the casing or the anulus as well. we need pressure readings and there are various lines to describe how much volume and pressure there is if you had the casing and the anulus and filling it up or just dealing with the casing. there are charts and automatic pressure readings on screens launched by the senior leadership up there and ill be joining them when i f...

At that point, theyll begin to pump mud into the choke line, and the horizon blowout preventer. it will start at one barrel per minute and move that up to two barrels her minute. theres going to be a very low rate of injection into the well because we dont need to do it in a higher rate as we did with the top kill because theres pressure back on the well with the capping stack. we dont know exactly how much mud will be pumped in. it will depend on the condition of the well itself. there are thre...

Thanks very much. >> sure. >> a new york mosque developer gets the green light near ground zero. was it the right decision? well talk about it in our strategy session. were monitoring breaking news. the static kill is now under way. take a look, what you see is the new capping stack. [ male announcer ] how do you know when somethings good? when somethings safe? you talk to these guys. they go through every car and truck we make with a big fat red pencil. because they know a familys going to ...

Pumping mud and then cement into the busted well. allen describes what happens if the static kill goes forward. >> at that point, theyll begin to pump mud into the choke line, and the horizon blowout preventer. it will start at one barrel per minute and is move that up to two barrels per minute. there is going to be a very low rate of injection into the well, because we do the not need to do it at a higher rate as the top kill, because there is a pressure back on the well with a capping stack. w...

>> vary on whether or not were pumping into the casing, but we need enough mud to pump in to give us the pressure readings and the various lines that would describe how much volume and pressure you would have if you were filling it up or just dealing with the casing. they have charts and automatic pressure readings that are on screens that are being watched by the senior leadership up there and ill join them when i finish the brief here this morning to see how that moves forward. with that, ill ...

Basically the same thing as the capping stack that bp just put over its damaged blowout preventer. it would also use manifolds on the sea floor and hoses to bring oil to the surface, all similar to what bp developed over the course of three months. "minding your business" this morning, i talk more about this plan with the president of shell oil, marvin odom. >> what were proposing to put together is a lot like having the latest technology in a fire truck and a firestation with a crew trained and...