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Starts, all the other stuff thats gone on and failed, with all the hype attached to it. its going to happen in ten days, its going to happen in two hours. this is the first time theyve done something that looks like it might work and theres been no hype. why no pr on this? >> ive been confused about the whole process. this containment cap they work on now, what theyre calling the capping stack, its actually been one of their earliest ideas way back in april. ive been confused why they didnt move...

There are any pressure changes as we start to stop the flow. that means we will not do anything prematurely and it will tell us something about the flow. threats lets not get wrapped up in the six hours. >> but could you close down that vent today? >> no. the capping stack, all three ways for the hydrocarbons to exit will be closed, but the last one will be the choke line because it has a variable valve that we can close in increments. not just an open and shut issue. the other ones are. they ar...

And all this other stuff thats gone on and failed, all the hype attached to it. its going to happen in ten days, its going to happen in two hours. this is the first time theyve done something that looks like it might work and theres been no hype. how do you explain that? why no pr on this? >> ive been confused about the whole process, chris. this cap, this containment cap that they are working on now, what they are calling the capping stack, has actually been one of their earliest ideas way back...

Will be venting basically through three different stack sets on the capping stack, the kill line, the choke line, and the mainline going through the bore. then in sequence, we will attempt to close the stack down and assess the pressure readings as we do that. the first thingy we will do is close the three rams, the main ram, that will be closed and that will basically shut off the flow outward to the top of the capping stack. at that point well take pressure readings. we will then close the kil...

Oh, the terms we have learned lately because whats happened in the gulf. that whole new vocabulary, today in "wordplay" were going to get another jargony term taken straight from the gulf oil disaster and response. have you heard the headlines about this capping stack? this is bps latest attempt to choke off its busted wellhead a mile down on that gulf sea floor and the companys reporting some progress. basically this capping stack as you take a look, is at issue. its a better, tighter containme...

This summer. this is an icebreaking ship. it breaks ice, but it also holds something called the capping stack, which would be needed as a component of the emergency spill response if shells argument ig oil drilling resulted in a well blowout or some. shell has been poised to start drilling the arctic any day now. as it prepared to start the drilling process, this icebreaker was heading out to the drilling site where it was docked in alaska, this ship somehow sprung a three-foot leak. it had a th...

This ship right here pulled into portland under the cover of darkness you see the lights gleaming in the darkness there. thats a shell oil icebreaking. its key to shells efforts to try to drill the arctic for oil this summer. this is an icebreaking ship. it breaks ice, but it also holds something called the capping stack, which would be needed as a xom uponant of the emergency spill response if shells argument ig oil drilling resulted in a well blowout or some. shell has been poised to start dri...

Underway to take off that capping stack. thomas? >> anne thompson in venice, louisiana. we shift gears to talk about earl from north carolinas outer banks to new england, the east coast is bracing itself to the effects of hurricane earl. we bring you complete coverage of the storm and its potential impact on the east coast. nbc news meteorologist bill karins is tracking that storm, the weather channels stephanie abrams live on north carolinas outer banks. now we have got this latest informatio...

People were on this platform than on the deepwater horizon where you remember over 100 were on board when it exploded. we know theres a smaller human element to this. the question is what is the environmental danger from this fire? its just too early to know. >> i understand theres an update now about the deepwater horizon well as well. >> yes. bp through its twitter counacco put out it resumed trying to move the capping stack on top of the macondo well that caused all the problems in the deepwa...

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