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And then what happened they put the dome over it. the dome kind of looks like a house. i didn't think of that. the bubbles of methane gas turned into this stuff we call clath rates, or this ice crystal. it's a water -- it's one molecule of methane, natural gas enclosed in a few molecules of water. and it plugged up the pipe. and with experience, that wouldn't happen. but they have never tried it like this before. >> jeff: and does it surprise you that they have not tried that before, knowing this is a possibility? >> well, it surprised me a little bit. here is the problem in my opinion. everyb...

Pipe within a pipe? it's a difficult business. and then what happened they put the dome over it. the dome kind of looks like a house. i didn't think of that. the bubbles of methane gas turned into this stuff we call clath rates, or this ice crystal. it's a water -- it's one molecule of methane, natural gas enclosed in a few molecules of water. and it plugged up the pipe. and with experience, that wouldn't happen. but they have never tried it like this before. >> jeff: and does it surprise you that they have not tried that before, knowing this is a possibility? >> well, it surprised me a little...