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Numerous ships may have caused it to break open and spill tens of thousands of gallons of crude. coast guard investigators say the underwater pipe just off huntington beach was likely snagged by the anchor of a large ship first a while ago, but that incident might not have actually fractured the pipe. other ship ises anchors may have struck the pipe later, ultimately dragging it along the sea floor, causing a rupture that sent oil into the ocean and onto some of californias most popular beaches....

See coming? >> the build-up theyre doing now has done a couple things for me. one is, it has shown that with this slight pressure build each hour, that there probably is some fairy in integrity within the well. remember, there is a lot of damage in that well. the pressure building gradually, that gives me a little more confidence there is some integrity. how, as the pressure gets higher, the rick of something going wrong also goes up. in terms of the wellhead itself. there is a pressure between ...

Now has done a couple of things for me. one is it has shown that with this slight pressure build each hour, that there probably is some fairly good integrity within the well. remember, theres a lot of damage in that well. but with pressure building gradually that gives me a little more confidence there is some integrity. however, as the pressure gets higher, the risk of something going wrong also goes up. in terms of the wellhead itself. theres a connector between the old blowout preventer and t...

Doomsday scenarios in what you see coming? >> the build-up theyre doing now has done a couple things for me. one is, it has shown that with this slight pressure build each hour, that there probably is some fairly good integrity within the well. remember, there is a lot of damage in that well. the pressure building gradually, that gives me a little more confidence there is some integrity. however, as the pressure gets higher, the risk of something going wrong also goes up. in terms of the wellhea...