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Or the second scenario, which they consider just as positive would mean that they could bring in and start collecting the oil in vessels and if the federal government estimates on the flow rate is correct which is as much as 60,000 barrels a day, and if they can collect 80,000 barrels a day, they have the situation covered which means the vast majority if not all of the oil is brought up to the surface. but over the last 24 hours, the scientists on the bp side and the government side really went back and forth to determine whether or not it was safe to move ahead with the integrity test, and t...

This. i think in the interests of the american people, safety of the environment and safety of this project moving forward was advisable to take a 24-hour break and make sure we were getting this absolutely right, understood the best way to deal with the unknown quantity which was the condition of the well bore and the casings moving forward and now we're prepared to do that. i'm glad to take your questions. >> admiral, david mattingly from cnn. cow characterize you what think the odds are for success? you're obviously moving forward but how confident are you that this is going to work? >> as ...

Strategy which was by the middle to the end of july to go to four production platforms and that will be producing at that point out of both kill-and-choke lines from both preventers. the legacy ones on the bottom and the new ones on the top to go to four production platforms. that's what gets us to 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day which is in excess of our flow rate projections which are 35,000 to 60,000 barrels a day with built-in redundancy in case one of the four went down we could keep operating and handle the flow rate in terms of being able to produce it and the capacity that we need movin...

Stack cap ready to go weeks ago? >> great question. they certainly should have, could have, and may have put flow rate monitors on this thing. for all we know, they did and they haven't told us. i'm hearing some more accurate figures coming out right now but i'm not certain. they certainly could have. on the second part of your question, that's the big one. they certainly should have had this stacking cap designed not just weeks ago but even before they were doing the drilling operation in the first place. they shouldn't have been out there drilling nor should any of the deep water offshore ri...

Just wait until they're at least almost ready to do that if not wait until after to do this? >> people have suggested that, apparently, some of the engineers i've spoken with have said that while they could certainly leave everything open, collect the oil out of the stacking cap up to the surface vessels, until they're ready to try the bottom kill with the relief well, until they're intersected there, and then if the kill fluid, the muds and cement, are blowing out the well head, then slowly start closing the valves on the -- and the sheer rams on the stacking cap but not until then. it's sort...