Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100612:23:30:00
Up to the surface. and you see the flare, that's the gas with the oil being turned over. >> reporter: he has flown over the scene maybe times, but for chief operating officer, doug shuttles, this was his opportunity to look at the rigs with his runaway well. >> we never thought about having this big equipment this close together working like this. >> reporter: we land on the dd3, a brand-new well sinking the first kill well under the ocean floor. immediately we see a stark reminder of how we got to this point. you are met by this sign, a safety sign. days without lost time yinjury, and it was ...