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Stacking cap include knowledge that the cap itself can withstand 8,000 to 9,000 psi pressure indefinitely, which means there might be an opportunity to have what we would call a shut-in of the well, basically to just hold it at that point. anything less than that might bring into play a decision to continue to produce, and at that point, we will be able to produce off of four lines. the choke and the kill line from the original blowout preventer, plus the choke and kill lines from the new stacking cap. that is intended by around the 18th of july to take us to a kpafts of 60,000 to 80,000 barts...

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Pressure indeterminately, indefinitely, which means there might be an opportunity to have a shut-in of the well to basically hold them at that point. anything less than that might bring into play a decision to continue to produce, and at that point, we will be able to produce off of four lines, the choke and the kill line from the original blowout preventer, plus the choke and the kill lines from the new stacking cap. that is intended by around the 18th of july to take this to a capacity of 60 to 80,000 barrels a day which we think will exceed the flow. so through a potential shut-in of the we...

Would be day by day. 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 collecting 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-u...

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. 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. admiral allen also announced another leak, a g...