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Doesn't reach shore is that kind of a pipe dream? >> we'd like to see that happen. we're actually planning for the worst case scenario because that's what we should be doing. the only way we're going to permanently solve this problem is relieve the pressure on the current well and cap it. that will take up to 90 days. in the meantime, we have to deal with the three leaks off the pipe riser which is what we're trying to do right now. >> the relief well, that has not been started yet. they haven't started construction on that yet, right? >> the drilling units are in place. it's a complicated pro...

It wasn't until they had remotely operated vehicles down and were able to survey the length of the 5,000 foot pipe riser that was crumpled on the ocean floor we found three subsequent shal leaks over the period of 72 hours. the difference between 1,000 and 5,000 barrels a day when you look at the potential discharge of 100,000 leads me to believe there are a lot of inaccuracies associated with trying to estimate flow from a broken pipe at 5,000 feet. that's why it's so important we focus on stopping this leak right away. >> something else secretary salazar brought up, saying bp is a very wealt...