Mitch Wise News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Can be blamed for a lot of the problem that is you see. so, i mean, is there a concern or worry? knowing what we know now, yes. is anybody looking into the problem or addressing it? no. it's out of sight, out of mind. we trust the companies to do the right thing. hopefully, nothing will happen. there's always the potential that one of these abandoned wells could blow or could be leaking seriously. nobody is watching or inspecting. we don't know the extent of the problem. >> the honor system. what could go wrong. mitch, great reporting. great thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you very much...

Fishing ground until day 81. this as it's making new ground reaching lake pontchartrain. it will be another two to four days before bp can hook up a third collection vessel. the helix that will double the capacity. we are joined by mitch wise. part of the associated press team covering the spill and about the gulf's abandoned wells. mr. weis, thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you for inviting me, keith. >> can you quantify this problem? how many active wells in the gulf? how many temporarily capped? how many do we need to worry about? >> well, we were able to crunch data and we found that...

Fishing ground until day 81. this as it's making new ground reaching lake pontchartrain. it will be another two to four days before bp can hook up a third collection vessel. the helix that will double the capacity. we are joined by mitch wise. thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you for inviting me, keith. >> can you quantify this problem? how many active wells in the gulf? how many do we need to worry about? >> well, we were able to crunch data and we found that there are 27,000 abandoned wells. within that, there's a subset of 3,500 temporary wells. those wells basically don't have the sa...