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Top, so in the event -- to get really close and potentially nick the well bore, they put mud down to control any hydrocarbons that might come out. regarding the longer-term containment, we should by next week have the additional vessel in place to start producing off of the kill line, the other line thats available to bring oil to the surface. that will bring us to three production vessels and the 53,000-barrel capacity we were looking for by the end of june. moving beyond that, were very close ...

Ways for oil to come out of the capping stack, that was directly through the top of the capping stack itself through the kill line and the choke line. in sequence, we closed the middle ram of the capping stack which stopped the flow directly out of the top of the capping stack. we then closed the kill line. that left the choke line and the way this is set up, the choke line is going to have a variable valve that we can close slowly and be able to assess the pressure readings as we do that. in th...

Stacking cap include knowledge that the cap itself can withstand 8,000 to 9,000 psi pressure indefinitely, which means there might be an opportunity to have what we would call a shut-in of the well, basically to just hold it at that point. anything less than that might bring into play a decision to continue to produce, and at that point, we will be able to produce off of four lines. the choke and the kill line from the original blowout preventer, plus the choke and kill lines from the new stacki...

Look at the feed, it is on the right side of the picture. and that started leaking last night as soon as they closed the rams in the top of the stack. you see oil coming out of that left-hand valve and oil is also coming to the q 4000 and helix producer out of the bottom. now that this is fixed, they will begin their test, which is gradually allowing pressure to build in the well. >> were hearing that as they close the cap some valves are like light switches and there is one that is more like, i...

Pressure indeterminately, indefinitely, which means there might be an opportunity to have a shut-in of the well to basically hold them at that point. anything less than that might bring into play a decision to continue to produce, and at that point, we will be able to produce off of four lines, the choke and the kill line from the original blowout preventer, plus the choke and the kill lines from the new stacking cap. that is intended by around the 18th of july to take this to a capacity of 60 t...

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Capping stack. valves to the kill and the choke lines for the new capping stack will be opened, and the center bore is already opened. we will be venting basically through three different exits, on the capping stack, kill line and choke line and the main line going through the bore. and then in sequence, we will attempt to close the stack down and assess the pressure readings as we do that. the first thing we did will do is the close the main ram. the middle one were be closed to shut down outwa...