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>> so, when theyre searching, all those probabilities are, you know, taken into account. are they in a raft? you know, they could be floating on a piece of equipment. they could be, you know, if theyre wearing life jacket, you know, they could be in the water, all those different things we take into consideration. so, thats why we surface assets as well as air and get out there and do a very intensive search. >> okay. senior chief petty officer michael oberry, stand by. hes with the u.s. coast g...

Crew members from that rig. you heard him talking about the heat, suzanne. what he experienced there, he said that he could only step outside onto the deck for about a minute at a time, because of the heat was so intense. he said other boats actually had to peel away and move back when their exterior equipment started to melt. >> thank you, david. i can only imagine what that was like for those people there on the rig. thank you very much. joining us on the phone now with more is our senior ch...

Technology of onstar to help keep you safe. from new energy solutions. to the designs of tomorrow. we invite you to take a look at the new gm. senior chief petty officer michael oberry joins me on the line. hes with the u.s. coast guard, hes been keeping us up to date on whats going on with the oil rig, the deepwater horizon, and unfortunately weve just learned that oil rig has sunk. he continues with me on the phone. youve got two things going on, michael. youve got now the efforts to deal wi...

Here, but theres so many different components that could have a failure issue. could you have had a pump up on the surface fail that was keeping the pressure of the mud that -- thats flowing down there, to keep the hydrocarbons at bay while youre putting the cement in. theres so many different variables where it could happen, but they were at the point where they were really getting the well bore itself ready for production, which is, you know, putting big steel pipes down there, putting cement ...

Balloon. >> much later in the life of a well, you then have to start putting water or mud in or things to get the oil out, right? >> enhanced oil recovery. you pump in co2, for instance, they do that on ground, on shore. >> mike oberry, this is what were dealing with. we have a pressure thing, something is pushing oil into the gulf of mexico. we believe it might be 336,000 gallons of oil per day. two issues, we have teams coming in dealing with the environmental aspect. you have teams coming in ...

We have a front moving through, and as it moves through well have an increase in the wind. the waters going to get churned up quite a bit over the next couple of days, something well watch very carefully. anyone that happens to be out there watching and observing from the skies above will have a difficult time. and the search forsive vivers on the platform it will be duff ki difficult for them. a complete change in the forecast a few days from now from louisiana. well give you more information a...

Vessels come out to bring food and supplies, so theyre around and you said a number of them responded to this emergency? >> we got word, there were more than 30 in the area by the time we got out there that night. and thats why earlier i classified those -- the men and women that were working on those rigs are heros in this as well. >> yeah. >> because its 115, you know, lives that to this point that have been reunited with their families. >> right. >> because of their efforts. >> right. you bri...

Energy reporter with "the houston chronicle," and senior petty officer michael oberry with the u.s. coast guard. the deepwater horizon, that burned for 40 hours in the gulf of mexico, has now sunk. 11 workers are still missing. the coast guard actively looking for those 11 workers. sort of a dual mission now, the coast guard in a supervisory role over dealing with this rig and the hole and the oil that is going into the gulf of mexico, about 336 barrels -- gallons a day. michael, tell me what --...

And those -- theyre all flying in with teams to do this, and we also have inspecting officers who are specially trained on how to, you know, conduct interviews and start the investigative process and seeing how this all worked together. with those three groups, were able to do all three at the same time and do them all well. >> it would be very helpful whenever we have accidents on this, peoples minds first go to what went wrong and how do we make sure it doesnt go wrong again and how do we make...

>> typically speaking a firebreaks out on a rig -- and, by the way, this graphic is from "the houston chronicle." they have great coverage to see how they are above water. it can sit 8,000 feet above water it can dig 32,000 feet below that for oil. increase lg i as oil becomes rarer, you have to go further out to look for it, thats the sort of work you have to be involved in. michael oberry, lets go back to the workers for a second. >> sure. >> you operate, as we are grateful that you do, on the...