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I think all corporations want to defend their bottom line, there's no question that's what they do. there are clearly -- it is a desire to try and limit this and resolve questions about their future, but if they were trying to be exxonmobil, then they're not doing a very good job of it. >> richard wolf, also the author of "renegade, the making of a president." as always, thanks. >> thank you, keith. about the gulf and the storm, let's turn to rick steiner. rick, good evening. >> hi, keith. >> give us your own assessment of the likely effect of this tropical storm on the broad range of the cl...

Off the site threshold. but i think they ought to push that envelope a little higher to maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, the development dw development rigs, three and two. they're a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. they're very stable and waves and winds, they're designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fixed structure, we understand that, but they shouldn't move off to florida, spend a week getting b...

Off the site threshold. but i think they ought to push that envelope a little higher to maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, three and two. they're a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. they're very stable and waves and winds, they're designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fixed structure, we understand that, but they shouldn't move off to florida, spend a week getting back on site. if they miss a week of d...