Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100802:22:22:00
Wells that they drill, these relief well, taking it down here and pumping stuff down here. they're going to try to do it both ways. oil was pouring out of the top of this well. >> down and up and through into the blowout preventer, there was too much force from the oil and the natural gas that was blowing out the top of this well. there was too much force for the mud to sink to the bottom and kill the oil. it just kept getting blown out. then they tried junk shot. that means they not only put mud, they just put a bunch of junk, literally. like rubber things like golf balls and things to try to...
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