Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100807:22:14:00
The end of this, we're still in the middle of the spill that's not quite the middle it's on the backside of the spill. we can give you an estimate where the oil's is. what i think happened prior to the shutoff the gulf became acclimated with petroleum degrading bacteria. we had a gigantic petroleum degrading treatment pond if you will, and on day 87 the flow of oil was cut off, you still have all of the bacteria out there, and they are degrading the residual oil floating around in an environment very quickly. i think they're degrading easy to degrade components first, components that would she...