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The new rules require rig owners to report the time needed to evacuate ahead of a storm, known as the “T-Time.”

The new rules require rig owners to report the time needed to evacuate ahead of a storm, known as the “T-Time.”

>> the skies have been active all day. many of the companies out there choosing to wait until the last minute. ships on the move as well and they are ordered out of the scene around the ruptured oil well, ordered out last night. the point man for the government thad allen says getting it out of harm's way is a slow process. last night, development driller two and three were directed to detach from the drill sites. they are disconnecting from the lower marine riser package and they are in the process right now of pulling the riser pipe. >> shutting down the container operations and moving equip...

All day. many of the companies out there choosing to wait until the last minute. ships on the move as well and they are ordered out of the scene around the ruptured oil well, ordered out last night. the point man for the government thad allen says getting it out of harm's way is a slow process. last night, development driller two and three were directed to detach from the drill sites. they are disconnecting from the lower marine riser package and they are in the process right now of pulling the riser pipe. >> shutting down the container operations and moving equipment away could cause delay of...

The capping stack installation and be able to test for pressure in the integrity of the well bore. these kind of overlap. i don't want to lose track of the fact that we're following a very robust containment strategy actually started in early june where we directed bp to come up with alternatives to increase redundancy and capacity related to the new flow rate numbers. so with that said, what's going to happen is we will be initiating the tests later on this evening and i'm going to stun you with my audio-visual aids here. because i'm at lake front airport. i've had no access to powerpoint. he...