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Those are the mechanisms that control the blow-out preventer. if they dont work, the blow-out preventer doesnt work. a leak, even if only a trickle, is a warning. >> yeah. its abnormal. >> abnormal enough that you reported it to your company, to transocean, to bp? >> thats correct. >> one pod is always working. the other, says university of texas petroleum engineer tad patzek, is designed as its immediate backup. >> i dont think theres any discussion of that basic fact. and the basic fact is tha...

Canada. well have more suction devices than ever in the water next week. >> do you have a sense of how many youre going to have? the governor said he would love to see 100 of them. >> we bought everything they had, 20 something and asked them for a production schedule. these things work, suck up the oil. theyre quick, can get in close where the birds are. we could save a lot of wildlife, marshland. we seem to be getting the support from the coast guard. were optimistic and we think we got a team...

Than ever in the water next week. >> do you have a sense of how many youre going to have? the governor said he would love to see 100 of them. >> we bought everything they had, 20 something and asked them for a production schedule. these things work, suck up the oil. theyre quick, can get in close where the birds are. we could save a lot of wildlife, marshland. we seem to be getting the support from the coast guard. were optimistic and we think we got a team we can work with on the ground now. >>...

What happened after the discovery was made. >> tyrone benton may well have seen the first signs that something was very, very wrong on the deepwater horizon. >> did you ever get close enough to the leak to see what exactly was leaking? >> yes. we flew down to the pod and saw that there was an angular fitting that had a leak on it. what was connected to the angular fitting, wasnt anal to see. but an angular fitting did have a leak. >> the mechanisms that control the blow-out preventer. if they do...

For a desperate time. >> thats what its designed for. >> as co-owners of dragon boat, they spent their lives on the water and were sickened by animals dying in the catastrophe and so they set out to dramatically modify a line of their boats to come to a rescue. >> you drew this thing up on a cocktail napkin? >> yeah. it was a quickie. >> where are you in the process now? >> were trying to produce a boat like every seven days right now for this. >> completely funded by donations and on their own ...

A number of major oil companies have the same response plans, a number of them have walruses in their plans for the gulf, can deal with a spill of 200,000 barrels, bp said 250,000 barrels. clearly, if they have xeroxed copies of the same spill plan and the bp spill plan wasnt working, clearly those spill plans dont seem to be adequate either. >> say well pause it until they fix the plan. i dont have a problem with that. i dont have a problem with any pause on specific actions theyre taking with ...

Copies of the same spill plan and the bp spill plan wasnt working, clearly those spill plans dont seem to be adequate either. >> say well pause it until they fix the plan. i dont have a problem with that. i dont have a problem with any pause on specific actions theyre taking with specific changes. i have a problem with is an arbitrary six-month moratorium. theyre not even meeting until next month. what are they waiting for? a commission that doesnt include the kind of experts on board that they ...

A number of major oil companies have the same response plans, a number of them have walruses in their plans for the gulf, can deal with 200,000 barrels. clearly, if they have xeroxed copies of the same spill plan and the bp spill plan wasnt working, clearly those spill plans dont seem to be adequate either. >> say well pause it until they fix the plan. i dont have a problem with that. i dont have a problem with any pause on specific actions theyre taking with specific changes. i have a problem w...

Fitting that had a leak on it. what was connected to the angular fitting, wasnt anal to see. but an a ghchlt gular fitting did have a leak. >> the mechanisms that control the blow-out preventer. if they dont work, the blow-out preventer doesnt work. a leak, even if only a trickle, is a warning. >> yeah. abnormal. >> abnormal enough that you reported it to your company, to transocean, to bp? >> thats correct. >> one pod is always working. the other, says university of texas petroleum engineer, te...

What was connected to the angular fitting, wasnt able to see. but an angular fitting did have a leak. >> the mechanisms that control the blow-out preventer. if they dont work, the blow-out preventer doesnt work. a leak, even if only a trickle, is a warning. xuáy its abnormal. >> abnormal enough that you reported it to your company, to transocean, to bp? >> thats correct. >> one pod is always working. the other, says university of texas petroleum engineer, tad patzek, is designed as its immediat...