Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100713:21:05:00
>> ed lavandera, don't go away. it's enormous in size and weight. they call the cap 18 feet tall and 75 tons. it's installed on top of a flange transition tool. all of that goes on top of the reconfigurered blowout prevent owner the well, which is 48 feet tall and weighs 450 tons. all together that equipment is about eight stories high shooting up from the sea floor and it weighs about 530 tons. clearly there's a lot riding on this new well cap and whether it works. we'll know soon. fewer are feeling the weight as much as the prot's point man admiral thad allen. how did that go, brian?
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