Development Driller Three News Today

Relief well, and development driller three is now at 17,840 feet, measured depth, theyve been there for a day or two. they are doing testing to make sure they have the right angle of attack as they close in from the last 60 or 70 feet before they try and make the penetration for the relief well, and the current estimate of how far away they are from the well at this point is 4 feet 4-rbgs inches, so you can imagine this gets pretty precise as theyre trying to go down another 60 or so feet, they ...

Stepping up to the microphones right now. >> whims between 17 and 22 knots. and we have a sea state about 7 feet. in the next 24 hours, we look for that to diminish slightly. the wind, 12 to 14 knots. and over the next 24, 36 hours, to have the wind -- the sea state drop to about 6 feet. the major impact on the operations out there right now have to do with hooking up the third producing vessel, the helix produce e which was anticipated to have been done right about now, but has been delayed bec...

We know because of the new flow rate numbers we need to increase capacity. additional vessels being brought into the area and anticipate by the end of the month of june and capacity will increase to 53,000 barrels a month. following that thought a decision made will be reached mass capacity with the recovery system we have on the scene with the containment cap. at that point the officers will be -- unbolt the plans, small section of pipe we needed to shear cut and replace it with a solid bolted ...