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Crystals -- how much harm with they cause? well, they're lighter than water. so, one, they can make the dome boy ant. two, they can mass up on the top of the dome and really block some of that oil from getting to the ship that's capturing it on the surface. so a big problem there. they're looking at the liquid now. if there are no hydrates, they say they should be able to start the process of putting the cap back on. if there are hydrates, admiral thad allen saying that's going to take quite a bit longer. the difference, t.j., though, with this time versus last time is that just about a week a...

Well. but until the new cap is in place, as you can see, oil flows free. ed lavendera is tracking it all for us from new orleans. ed, is the company saying this is going good, that this had is working? >> reporter: we've been down this road many times over the last several months since april 20th when this oil well exploded down there in the gulf of mexico. there have been a lot of failures along the way. bp right now kind of tempering expectations here. so far they are only saying they're pleased, in their words, with the progress being made so far. but if this new cap system does indeed work...