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Well despite several small leaks. this is the environmental reporter for the times. what is the situation as far as people in the gulf are concerned, as far as the confusion that were hearing from the scientific end, the government end and of course from bp. >> it really is confusing for the general public to try to figure out what to make of this back and forth argument over what exactly is happening out at the well head underneath the ocean. but it still looks like bp is going to be allowed to...

Readings are above the danger zone, 6,000 or below would be dangerous. its about 6,700, the last reading that we got from bp. so last the possibility that below the sea level there may be some sort of leak coming out of that riser pipe? >> exactly, andrea, what admiral allen had been saying is that what we want to see is a reading, its like looking at the blood pressure for this well. pounds per square inch of 9,000, what were seeing right now is it is around 6,700, but rising. what were afraid ...

The traditional b.o.p. after we removed that nub on the riser pipe that had been cut off, that they actually did simulations and actually created a physical model to practice putting the flanges together and bolting them. whether or not they practiced on that particular flange or not or tested it, well find out and get back to you. i know there was extensive systems integration testing zbun a way to model it and test the package before putting it in the water. >> eileen fleming with public radio...

Until they know exactly where they are. they are going to be two miles below the sea floor and try to intersect a drill pipe thats seven inches in diameter. thats why this is going slow and why were not coming off the mid-august prediction of when it will be done. why wasnt this done earlier, im as assuming youre talking about the capping stack. it had to be designed, built, tested, brought to site and procedures to put it on there, and as you see, there are some leaks we have to fix and things ...

>> did bp have any quality control on these parts before they installed them on the cap that would allow them to detect a leak, a hole or anything like that? if not, will there be in the future or what were they if there were any? >> im not sure i can tell you exactly on thatpert pop well get that information and get back to you. i do know this. a lot going on here has been designed and engineered for the first time to deal with this particular problem. the capping stack was a custom made stack ...

The kill line to the helix producer and choke line to the q 4000. okay? last week as you remember we removed the stub of the riser pipe and we put in what we called a flange spool. on top of that what will happen, which was significant, is weve now seeded the capping stack here and basically it has three rams, a mini blowout preventer, also has a kill line and a choke line. okay? so you basically have a small bop on top of the larger bop that is legacy to the deepwater horizon. here is how we in...

Floating production unit has been employed in the gulf coast. it was a pretty significant event. we had a chance to talk to the crew and get a brief on operations and that was very helpful moving forward. out on site today in and around the well site we had 44 skimmers, 20 of them actually within 15 nautical miles of the source. there continues to be a robust response to the oil being released while we are looking at the new stacking cap and the shift and id like to brief you on that. as i brief...

Free-standing riser pipe. that is in progress right now and should be ready for production around the 19th of july. just a couple of other issues. skimmers have always been an issue for us. we know as weve expanded our defense of the coastline from florida to south central louisiana, we are on pace at this point by the end of the month of july to have approximately 1,000 skimmers on inventory. we are below 600, and are continuing to ramp up. resources have been freed up as a result of the emerge...

Relief well, and development driller three is now at 17,840 feet, measured depth, theyve been there for a day or two. they are doing testing to make sure they have the right angle of attack as they close in from the last 60 or 70 feet before they try and make the penetration for the relief well, and the current estimate of how far away they are from the well at this point is 4 feet 4-rbgs inches, so you can imagine this gets pretty precise as theyre trying to go down another 60 or so feet, they ...

Then recut that riser pipe. much more efficient, perfect cut. then drop this new cap dome on forming a perfect seal in theory here. that will then allow all of the oil gushing up from below the sea floor to go up to the three containment ships up above. the pro deucer will then be online. admiral allen used the analogy of your garden hose. once done they can measure accurately pressure. put your hand on like that you feel the pressure. he says once they do that @jx# v will get the best assessmen...