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Lines, back into the blowout preventer that died, that didn't work, and now that mud, still heavy isn't going to go that way, but that way, because it can fill the oil and the gas. the problem is. and the reason why they didn't think about this before, is they thought the number for psi was going to be 8,000. there's no way you can take 8,000 psi of mud, shove it -- or 8,005 whatever the number would be, and shove it back down into the well without bursting the lines. you could have more problems trying this. well, we know the number isn't 8,000, it didn't get that high. the pressure wasn't th...

A substantial minority oppose it vocally. talk to the controversial sheriff, joe arpaio at the center of the battle. first, randi kaye has the latest. >> reporter: anderson, bp's plan to permanently seal its ruptured well has hit a snag. it had hoped to start a static kill, pumping mud and cement from above into the blow-out preventers as early as sunday. today, the effort was postponed until possibly monday or tuesday because workers need to clean out debris they found in one of the relief wells being drilled. the debris is preventing a final section of pipe casing from being installed. that ...

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