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Gas that might be escaping in advance of the oil moving forward. having said all of that we were producing part of the time yesterday and part of the time we were taking down the systems but in spite of all of that we were still able to produce 12,843 barrels, a combination of what was flared from the q4000, which was about a little over 5000 barrels, and the helix producer, which was able to produce 7680 barrels. we are very pleased. this is the first time a floating production unit has been employed in the gulf of mexico and the helix producer, the rate at which they are producing is capable...

Right now, the conventional thinking is it probably will ram straight into portions of mexico or texas. but they are hoping and praying that it will be to the south of the spill. meanwhile, real quickly, let's take a look at what's going on in the 48 connected states. and we do have some widely scattered showers through portions of texas at this hour. moving through the panhandle of florida as well. dry in the northern plains. a little humid up through portions of the northeast today. those showers get out of town. >> all right. >> all right. thanks for that weather forecast. now, let's do a c...

Hole they've drilled and the drilling platform goes away. then a whole new platform, a whole different platform actually comes in, uncorks the hole and gets the oil out of the well. two different types of rigs. two different processes. there's drilling and then there's production. drilling done with a drilling rig, production done with a production rig. the production platform pumps the oil back to shore through all of the green pipe lines you see there on the map. those are the green lines. again, drilling and production platforms, two different things. this is sort of oil industry 101. this ...

It was drilling for oil. there are two different things that happen on platforms in the gulf. you have a rig like the deepwater horizon that drills for oil. once it's done drilling, they essentially put a cork in the hole for lack of a less descriptive phrase. they essentially stop up the hole they've drilled and the drilling platform goes away. then a whole new platform, a whole different platform actually comes in, uncorks the hole and gets the oil out of the well. two different types of rigs. two different processes. there's drilling and then there's production. drilling done with a drillin...

Prevent on the seafloor back to the rig. >> how does this compare to the fixed rigs that clearly cannot go as far down? >> the deepest water depth for a fixed production platform like this is 1350 feet and most of them are 200 feet or less. >> the deepwater horizon obviously sank and so it's down about, what, 5,000 feet from surface to floor. anything salvageable from that rig? >> probably not. it will probably be left on the seafloor. >> so, almost an artificial reef. >> probably, yeah, it won't interfere with much out there except for some possible oil and gas activity. >> all right. well, b...