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Final pipe casing right now, suzanne, and when they do that and get it cemented in they will go with a static kill. that will happen late sunday or monday. they will put mud down the top of the well thats heavier than the oil thats there right now and hopefully fill the well up. well still need to drill in from the bottom and kill the well from the bottom but at this point it looks like well be able to move ahead. weve got good well integrity and trying to move forward its a positive turn. >> do...

Monkeys in afghanistan. [ speaking foreign language ] >> its your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the gulf of mexico at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the celebrat...

>> its your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown." good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the gulf of mexico at 3:25 eastern this afternoon if only temporarily, as part at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the ce...

Monkeys in afghanistan. [ speaking foreign language ] >> its your monkey. >> all the news and commentary now on "countdown."ç good evening from new york. this is a test. the next 48 hours, the bp oil company will conduct a test of well integrity and the capping system. this is only a test. our fifth story, oil stopped gushing into the oil of mexico at 3:45 this afternoon as part of the well integrity test. the first time that has been achieved since the disaster began 87 days ago. the celebr...

Result. >> explain that to me. im not clear on what your concern is there. we know there are maybe a billion barrels of oil on the sea floor on the bottom of this well. what is your concern there? >> we dont know what the geology is. we havent known what the geology is on the bottom of that sea floor. so we have to make sure, and thats why i wrote a letter to bp on june 23rd, asking them about the information they had on well integrity and on sea floor integrity. because there is a possibility t...

A good interim solution or whether the well integrity is such they need to loosen up some of the pressure that would mean, of course, that oil would continue to come out of the well. the administration would say even in that event they would be able to capture it with some of the vessels, including the helix but no question its a setback, because there was talk, hope frankly for the first time in a long time that were really on the cusp of getting this resolved in a serious way. it looks like th...

Sometimes thats not the most prudent thing to do. the first priority should be to collect the oil. for that, there definitely needs -- i think we have the building blocks in place out there. like i said before, the biggest problem here is trying to design, engineer and then procure and fabricate everything you need. >> we should point out too that you have suggested putting together a response consortium so that if there is ever another deep water blowout, you do have things in place to be able ...

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