Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100508:23:02:00
David. >> reporter: these hydrates they're talking about are actually, they're like ice crystals. this is when gas under pressure and the cold temperatures combine with water to form these crystals. like lighter than water. when they start to koaccumulate inside, they were making it bouyant. it was clogging it up as well. they had to set it to the side. now they'll take the next couple days to figure out how to bring a heat source down to the bottom of the ocean there, possibly pumping water from the top down to the bottom to prevent them from forming or perhaps pump some sort of ethanol down ...
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