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From these other valves and ultimately they will shut down the oil from all the valves in this new cap theyve put on. one of the concerns that the government scientists raise, that when they do that, the goal is to build up the pressure and stop it, theyre worried some could come out down here, where the seal where the new cap was put on, some pressure could come out there. thats one concern. the bigger concern i was told today by people involved in this is this, that if you cap it here, the pre...

And so bear in mind that in the earths crust there in the seafloor, you have a big pipe casing. then you put in a smaller one. it gets down all the way to seven inches. down very deep, almost two miles down, in the earths crust. so that whole drill string below the earths surface may have been rattled. and i had this model rigged up. heres the new cap which has a relief valve on it. this would go to the surface. but youve got to think of things below the seafloor. if this were the seafloor, this...

10,000 psi has got to be done gently, or theres a risk where youll start causing new cracks. the thing exploded, you dont know what happened to the drill string below. it could be cracked in several places. its very risky business. >> is complicated but you helped us understand it. thank you, bill nye. >> thank you, chris. >> capping the well is not, if you can believe it, the only major problem facing bp today. a group of u.s. senators want to know if the oil giant made a despicable deal. that ...

Maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, three and two. theyre a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. theyre very stable and waves and winds, theyre designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fixed structure, we understand that, but they shouldnt move off to florida, spend a week getting back on site. if they miss a w...

Off the site threshold. but i think they ought to push that envelope a little higher to maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, the development dw development rigs, three and two. theyre a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. theyre very stable and waves and winds, theyre designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fi...

Off the site threshold. but i think they ought to push that envelope a little higher to maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, three and two. theyre a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. theyre very stable and waves and winds, theyre designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fixed structure, we understand that, bu...

Help seek that pipe. they can turn the drill string towards the well. and theres a good chance they can hit it in the first or second try. hopefully. >> you have a good sense its going to work? >> i feel like its going to help. >> reporter: a lot of people are hoping that is the case. maybe in mid-august, maybe earlier. but one last thing, keith, i ought to mention is it stinks out here. the sun is hot, its evaporating some of the oil. and at times, ive gotten a little dizzy out here, and thats ...

A half of those 86 days to make sure that we dont have a crack in the casing down below the sea floor. now, i understand they couldnt evaluate this until now. you know, this stuff, my kooky little models here, none of this stuff existed before this blowout, before this explosion that killed 11 people. so these guys, the people working on this are designing and building these fixtures as they go. and i think you can see in the video were showing now, the end of the drill -- the end of the casing,...