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After the bp oil disaster prompt a moratorium on more deepwater drilling in the u.s., the obama administration last month started handing out permits again. today was a new permit for shell oil off the coast of louisiana. last friday they approved state oil for drilling a new well in the gulf. a week before that, bhp bill i ton getting approved to drill in the gulf. they hired transocean to do the drilling on that well, yes, you remember transocean. this drill ship with an unpronounceable name a...

Has the same preventers, cameron ones on top and bottom. only difference it has one more ram for a little more redundancy than the deepwater horizon. >> one change. other than that, pretty much the same. >> control system is the same, everything else is the same. >> do we know anything about this drill ships safety record? >> it is interesting. this drill ship received mms, predecessor to bme, mre safety ou ihaemy is dionctthe me oe 2002, once in 2004, and again in 2007. the 2002 and 2004 incide...

After the bp oil disaster prompted a moratorium on more deepwater drilling in the u.s., the obama administration last month started handing out permits again. today was a new permit for shell oil off the coast of louisiana. last friday they approved state oil for drilling a new well in the gulf. a week before that, bhp billiton getting approved to drill in the gulf. they hired transocean to do the drilling on that well, yes, you remember transocean. this drill ship with an unpronounceable name a...

Preventer had that same one around 2000. it is essentially identical to deepwater horizon preventer. has the same preventers, cameron ones on top and bottom. only difference it has one more ram for a little more redundancy than the deepwater horizon. >> one change. other than that, pretty much the same. >> control system is the same, everything else is the same. >> do we know anything about this drill ships safety record? >> it is interesting. this drill ship received mms, predecessor to bme, mr...

History. all that happy talk about how much safer everything is now, they are using the same equipment used in the bp disaster. happy talk or not. joining us now, former oil industry executive bob cavnar, that 30 year veteran that we consulted with today. currently ceo of a company in the natural gas industry. before that, he was president and ceo of an oil and gas drilling exploration firm. he is author of the book disaster on the horizon. the story behind the deepwater horizon blowout. thanks ...

Oil spill in united states history. all that happy talk about how much safer everything is now, they are using the same equipment used in the bp disaster. happy talk or not. joining us now, former oil industry executive bob cavnar, that 30-year veteran that we consulted with today. currently coe of a company in the natural gas industry. before that, he was president and ceo of an oil and gas drilling exploration firm. he is author of the book disaster on the horizon. the story behind the deepwat...

Helps to disperse it. cant say whether that happened positively or negatively. there were some pretty strong onshore wents. even though the system fell apart, it still had winds of 25, 30 miles per hour, and pushing all of that oil closer to shoreline and there was some interaction of the shoreline near grand aisle but no significant infiltration since bonnie came through. thats the good news with bonnie. any time a weather systems come through and the-thare you get t churng, having the well cap...

About the allegations. details will come next week. rangel says bring it on. he says hes glad to have a chance to respond. lets talk about tropical storm bonnie, hours from florida, but the greater danger lies just beyond in the area of the gulf oil spill. on this 95th day of the disaster, the storm presents a double threat. it may push the oil into new areas and delay the efforts to shut down the leak permanently. rob marciano joins us from gulf shores, alabama. whats the latest on the evacua...

The gulf of mexico. they have been pulled back? are they all back in there, rob? whats the situation on the gulf, on the clean-up efforts? >> they pretty much pulled the trigger on evacuation of just about everything and is the larger vessels and the larger rigs will take some time to get them moving. but the order has been given to move the drill ship that is drilling the relief well, and that does take some time. they think it will be on the move later on tonight. the last thing thats going to...

Everyone, absolutely everybody, and i can assure you that all of bp want to move on with this as quickly as we can to get this flow stopped, and we need to make sure we get you guys information as quickly as we can, and hopefully we can get it faster next time. >> are the q 14 and the other producers shut down as well? >> no, they are capturing oil. so the q-4,000 on a typical day will capture 8,000 barrels. as of late this morning, the helix producer was up to a rate of 12,000 barrels a day. of...