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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...

Day 84. and our fifth story, if not yet the end in sight, possibly the beginning of the end in sight. this as the obama administration responds to a judicial repeal of its drilling moratorium with a new moratorium. but we begin with the new capping effort. the new cap painstakingly lowered throughout the day, as we mentioned, lowered the last 40 feet into place just a short time ago. if all goes according to plan, phrases that have been repeated for the last 2 1/2 months, it will be latched shut tonight with testing to follow, ending the surface collection efforts to determine whether the new ...