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The way it works, chad explained it extremely well. in the first case, we had pressure that was pushing it out. in this indication, the pressure is static, if you can get the mud into the wellbore, that has 6,800 pounds per square inch into it. the weight of the mud will fall to the bottom of the static pressure control. and once it gets down there and starts to build up, it will displace the oil from the bottom up and when it does that, its heavier than the oil and gas, as chad pointed out. and...

This gas and oil and force it, because the mud is so heavy. and push all of that oil and mud, and all of that gas back down into the oil reservoir. once you fill up this column, it would be so heavy, that the oil and the gas could no longer come out. when this thing popped, so to speak, this oil down here is under such pressure, that it pushed all the way back up into the ocean. thats why it was spewing. it wasnt being pumped up, it was spewing by itself, because the pressure down below was so g...

Update then. ." after so many days, after more than 90 days, is clear that bp views us and you as a nuisance, as an inconvenience. small people have to be dealt with, but who should be content being kept in the dark. we are not content. tens of thousands of people here have their lives on hold, their futures perched on a precipice. they are desperate for facts and information, and they and we and you have a right to know. if bp is less than forthcoming about whats going on, were going to do our ...

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Is in the gulf. tests continue on bps ruptured oil well. scientists now weighing a new option for permanently sealing, using whats called static kill that would involve pumping mud into the well. women being banned from wearing islamic face covering avails in syria. the garment is becoming increasingly popular in the dominantly muslim country. it is a worrying trend for secular regime. president obama is meeting right now with british prime minister david cameron, his first visit to the whit...

Between transparency and protecting a lot of what is clearly meant to be classified and top secret. so it will be interesting to see how theyre able to strike that balance, because i think it will set a standard moving forward. >> were out of time. guaranteed my visitors will be back. michael lohan exclusive tomorrow. his daughter lindsay scheduled to report to jail. hell be with us tomorrow to talk all about that. right now, anderson cooper and ac 360. >> larry thanks very much. breaking ne...

Back into the choke and kill lines, back into the blowout preventer that died, that didnt work, and now that mud, still heavy isnt going to go that way, but that way, because it can fill the void, it can fill the oil and the gas. the problem is. and the reason why they didnt think about this before, is they thought the number for psi was going to be 8,000. theres no way you can take 8,000 psi of mud, shove it -- or 8,005 whatever the number would be greater than that, and shove it back down into...

The way it works, chad explained it extremely well. in the first case, we had pressure that was pushing it out. in this indication, the pressure is static, if you can get the mud into the wellbore, that has 6,800 pounds per square inch into it. once you get the mud into that vessel, the weight of the mud will fall to the bottom of that static pressure control. and once it gets down there and starts to build up, it will displace the oil from the bottom up and when it does that, its heavier than t...

Was pumping mud down to plug the leak, but now the same pipes will suck up oil and bp claims it can contain another 400,000 gallons a day. this system cant capture enough oil so other ships are skimming it off the surface. but as they head towards one beach, the constantly shifting oil slick splashes into another, so the coast guard commander ordered a change in strategy. skimmers need to get further offshore to collect the oil thats not being captured above the well. >> were finding out were ge...

The containment cap itself. but a bp official told us it will take a few days to know if theyre sending better information. quote, its a complex operation, and how effective it will be, we dont know. its not as if theyll plug thissen sores in and get readings rights away. bp says its capturing 600,000 gallons every day, and starting tuesday, plans to rejigger that top kill system. now, it didnt work when the ship was pumping mud down to plug the leak. but now the same pipes will suck up oil, and...