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Relief well, and development driller three is now at 17,840 feet, measured depth, they've been there for a day or two. they are doing testing to make sure they have the right angle of attack as they close in from the last 60 or 70 feet before they try and make the penetration for the relief well, and the current estimate of how far away they are from the well at this point is 4 feet 4-rbgs inches, so you can imagine this gets pretty precise as they're trying to go down another 60 or so feet, they actually drill into the anulus and a 7-inch casing pipe, so that continues as well. one other thin...

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From the top town. let me state and i've stated this several times that this is not the end, but it will virtually assure us that will be no chance of oil leaking into the environment. we will then proceed to finish the relief well. the relief well is currently 4 1/2 feet away from the ma con da well and about 100 to 110 feet above where they would enter. the end of the casing pipe has been sealed with a cement shoe. they have a drill pipe down and they're ready to drill through that cement shoe and finish drilling out the relief well and that will happen after the cement has been cured for a ...

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Condition of the wellbore and the casing pipe since the event occurred. as we've gotten closer to having the potential to close in and do pressure readings on the capping stacked, we have had numerous discussions about what the current status is of the wellbore and the casings and the implications if they had been damaged or if there was any communication outside the wellbore that might bring oil or hydrocarbons into what we'd call the geological formation and potentially to the subsea floor. >> but admiral allen adding tonight that a seismic survey showed the wellbore, which lies beneath the ...