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Here somewhere around 4% of our oil shut in in the gulf due to the rigs having to pull themselves in. that number is going to come back online. but again to take things back to housing, to bring back all the business operations in the houston pet chemical triangle we need to make sure the employees down there are responsible and safe housing. while there might be some affect to our fuel pricing as a nation we're hoping it's not large or sustainable. what we'll also do is look for the health of the pipelines. so remember there's still rain falling. texas is not experiencing any rain today, mayb...

>> shepard: just getting word from the gulf of mexico in the incident commander for the oil spill, former coast guard admiral thad allen who says under all circumstances with the tropical storm headed there, the cap will remain on the oil flow if ships evacuate the gulf due to the tropical storm. they hoped they would be able to do this, keep the thing capped during the tropical storm and it appears they will. that's not to say there won't be oil problems as a result of this as there are tens of millions of gallons of oil in the gulf but at least they'll keep the cap closed. that word just in ...