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Until mid august. >> we are down to the final days and weeks of closing in on to a point where we can intercept the well. our target date remains the middle of august because there's a number of uncertainties related to what happens when we penetrate the well bore, which isle talk about many a minute. my position is it will be the middle of august before this well is capped. >> a turn for the better in the weather, and now skimming boats are restarting their clean-up efforts. they were put on hold during hurricane alex. rough seas also delayed plays to hook up the helix producer. it could incr...

Right now, my official position is it will be the middle of august before the well is capped. it's helping as well a turn for the better for the weather and now skimming boats are restarting their clean-up efforts, they were put on hold during hurricane alex. rough seas also delayed plans to hook up the helix-producer which could bring in up to 25,000 barrels of oil a day from the well. now that would increase the overall daily collection capacity to 53,000 barrels of oil a day. bp says it's recovered about 24,575 barrels on wednesday, bringing the total number of barrels removed from the ...