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I think they have capacity and certainly the pressure handling capability to flow the well without having to open it up into the gulf. >> what was admiral allen saying there about, they don't seem to be ready with the four collection points. that they got this thing on there that had that capacity before on the surface they had the infrastructure in place to actually collect on the other end. >> right. this has been painfully slow. if you'll recall the plan that they described, it was to have four, what they call free standing risers. and those risers are essentially large columns of pipe that...

Flow oil into the well. i think they have capacity and certainly the pressure handling capability to flow the well without having to open it up into the gulf. >> what was admiral allen saying there about, they don't seem to be ready with the four collection points. that they got this thing on there that had that capacity before on the surface they had the infrastructure in place to actually collect on the other end. >> right. this has been painfully slow. if you'll recall the plan that they described, it was to have four, what they call free standing risers. and those risers are essentially la...

Here has been building these free standing risers. as i understand they have three of the four completed now. so they can probably take 60,000 barrels a day and the fourth will allow 80,000 barrels a day. if hay had to open it up now, i think they could get most all of the flow. >> what's the status on the relief wells and the work towards drilling them? we know how close they were within what seems to laymen as a few feet. has that been resume? is it going to be resumed? >> this morning at the 7:30 briefing, thank goodness, they announced they recommenced operations. the first thing they had ...