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Existing production lines out of the old blowout preventer them used the old top kill lines to produce oil while that top hat was sitting on it. now that they have the new stack on it, they have access to two more valves to allow them to produce the entire flow from the well. now, you'll recall that bp was actually compelled by admiral allen about two weeks ago, or about ten days ago, to go ahead with the cap. even though they kept saying that they were not ready. he wanted to get the cap on to get the flow contained. when they did that, they shifted gears. i think it caught everybody off guar...

What we've got is the stak cap has been put in place before we finish building out the infrastructure to support the four platform production. we're somewhat limited right now. but we have the cap in place and are finishing the infrastructure to take us to the 60,000 to 80,000 production capacity. >> joining us tonight, the former oil industry executive who now covers the industry at dailyhurricane doc. thanks for your time. do you elaborate on what admiral allen said about how those lines, those hose lines in effect that would be going down to the cap, might not be able to carry this kind of ...

More production lines to the two existing production lines out of the old blowout preventer. they used the old top kill lines to produce oil while that top hat was sitting on it. now that they have the new stack on it, they have access to two more valves to allow them to produce the entire flow from the well. now, you'll recall that bp was actually compelled by admiral allen about two weeks ago, or about ten days ago, to go ahead with the cap. even though they kept saying that they were not ready. he wanted to get the cap on to get the flow contained. when they did that, they shifted gears. i ...

And promptly extended the capping another day, which he did again today. he was asked why the surface collection cannot be done immediately and why bp is claiming that checking at the surface would first require several more days of oil flowing unchecked again into the gulf. >> if we were to hook up the q-4000 and the helix producer, that would produce a number of problems right away. number one, there would be extensive pressure in those lines over and above what they were used to handling when they were both in production. secondarily, there are issues about the make-up of the hydro carbon s...

Passing post. from offending muslims to mangling the english language, tonight, now sarah palin compares herself to william shakespeare. all that and more now on "countdown." >> they could refudiate what it is. good evening from new york. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. the spill may be over but on this day, 91 of the crisis in the gulf leaking has begun. our number 5 story, admiral thad allen, the government's top official in the response effort said today, that the cap is leaking and that anomalies have been found in the seabed floor closer than 100 meters from the wellhead....