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Successful. >> of course, congressman ed markey, the democrat of massachusetts, keeps raising his concerns about the structural integrity of this well, and it could still basically blow up and make this horrible situation even worse. are you worried about that? >> well, i was always worried about this if they were to stop the flow of the oil quickly, and in other words, a lot of the folks were thinking that well, you need to shut it in. if they were to shut this well in quickly, and allow the pressure to spike from 11,000 to say 87,000 or 90,000 in the top, it would be like a train running int...

>> you know, keith, i happen to agree with whoever doug r. is. i believe that the best option for bp right now is to keep the well flowing as much as they can. any effort to close the well in or to restrict the flow could cause more damage down in the hole and cause that flow around the well head we talked about earlier this month. >> so is it potentially if not unstoppable virtually unstoppable? >> on the surface, keith, it's essentially unstoppable. the best they can do now is to gather as much of the oil as they can from the seafloor through these different risers that they're installing. t...

>> the "new orleans times picayune" reported another disaster that the broken well head is tilting over. admiral allen is confirming that the riser package is tilting 10 to 12 degrees off perpendicular. how big a concern is that? could it be an indication there is, in fact, some structural problem with the portion of the well that lies below the sea bed. >> i think, there's real damage to the blowout preventer which is made up of the lower riser package and the blowout preventer itself. remember, there's a tremendous amount of stress that was put on that when the 5,000 foot of riser went over ...

The riser package is tilting 10 to 12 degrees off perpendicular. how big a concern is that? could it be an indication there is, in fact, some structural problem with the portion of the well that lies below the sea bed. >> i think, there's real damage to the blowout preventer which is made up of the lower riser package and the blowout preventer itself. remember, there's a tremendous amount of stress that was put on that when the 5,000 foot of riser went over to the sea floor and the connectors are severely damaged. flowed through now for several weeks. if it comes off, it won't be a surprise to...

Citing his busy schedule days after hayward reportedly attended a sailing competition. as he told the audience, everyone here will recognize that the last two months have been extremely difficult for bp. as he did that, protesters from green peace heckled him, demanding an end to the oil age. this as the "times of new orleans" speaks of another looming disaster. confirming the riser package is tilting 10 degrees off perpendicular, twice the tilt of the leaning tower of pisa, and it has captured over 1 million gallons of oil in the past 24 hours. our correspondent kerry sanders filed this repor...