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Officials said what went wrong. >> we place ed the dome over th leak source. hydrates formed in the top of the dome requiring us to move the dome to the side of the leak point. the dome is currently sitting on the sea bead while we evaluate options to deal with the hydrate issue. >> that dome is just one option bp is pursuing to stem the flow of crude oil, all with no guarantee that any of them will work. let's go now cnn's david mattingly joining us now from venice, louisiana. david? >> reporter: don, they say they haven't failed yet. so they're not giving up on the dome idea just yet. they'r...

Dome. yesterday evening we lowered that to the sea floor and began to place it over the source of the leak. i think as we expressed numerous times, this particular operation has never been done before at this depth. we shared that the big technical challenge was with hydrate formation. that is when gas combines with water under certain pressure and temperatures that form as crystal similar to ice. what happened as we were placing the dome over the leak source a large volume formed inside the top of the dome, requiring us to move the dome to the side of the leak point. the dome is currently sit...

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