Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100715:23:03:00
Components that are basically off the shelf, not real custom things. they're deep water -- not like you buy them at the hardware store but they're common to the deep water. and this could been done much earlier i believe in lay terms. >> in lay terms. something a guy like me can follow along. how did they get it to stop? walk me through it. >> the way they do this, michael. you have to be careful with the big wells. if you slam a valve shut, it's like a car slamming into a wall. you have to gradually slow the flow down until you pinch it off. because if you go real quickly, you stand a bigger ...