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Multiple occupy shuns in parallel. we tried the large dome over the weekend. it want successful. too much hydrate formation. a consequence of there being much greater gas in the flow of hydrocarbons than we had anticipated. so we are now moving to deploy over the next 72 hours, a smaller containment device, a so-called top hat. which is described like that because it looks like a top hat. put new the water on the end of a piece of drill pipe to fit over the leak. we'll be doing that over the next 72 hours. in parallel there are a series of other operations being planned on the blow-out prevent...

Rita has never been done at this depth. >> when will we know whether or not it has succeeded? >> they plan to put it down some time later this weekend but one of the problems we have is we're bringing warm oil product which is also mixed with natural gas and water up from 18,000 feet and as it passes through the sea floor it's surround by water in low 30 degrees. there's a chance that the gas could actually form into ice crystal crystals in the pipe so they're actually creating a jacket around the drill pipe and pumping surface water at 78 degrees down to keep it warm to preclude that from hap...

The coast guard says it has no information on that and they are reporting that the ferry coming in, lost the ability to steer. then the crash occurred and 3 people sent to the hospital and one critically injured. we're staying on the story throughout the broadcast. that is not the only developing story. we're learning more about what might have caused the explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig on the gulf of mexico. julie kirtz has the otherstoptories. > -- other top stories. >> "associated press" says a methane gas bubble led to the massive oil spill in gulf of mexico. interviews with wor...

Of this working said that typically you put odds on something that's been done before this hasn't. how confident you are that this is going to do the trick? >> well, i think we're all hopeful that this will have an impact on this leak but i think that he's absolutely right, campbell. it's been done before but never at these depths and you think it goes to show the amount of effort that's going in to try everything potential to diminish the oil coming out of the ocean floor but this will be difficult. >> so 5,000 feet, i think, below the surface. talk to me a little bit about some of the challe...

There's a chance that the gas could actually form into ice crystals in the pipe, so they're actually creating a jacket around the drill pipe and pumping surface at 78 degrees down to keep it warm to preclude that from happening. but basically these are techniques that have never been tried at this depth before. >> what i hear you saying it's still a very, very iffy situation as it's unfolding right now. bp, i know you've met with some of the top executives of british petroleum. are they doing everything they need to do right now to help you? >> bp is working very, very hard at this. there are ...