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Components that are basically off the shelf, not real custom things. they're deep water -- not like you buy them at the hardware store but they're common to the deep water. and this could been done much earlier i believe in lay terms. >> in lay terms. something a guy like me can follow along. how did they get it to stop? walk me through it. >> the way they do this, michael. you have to be careful with the big wells. if you slam a valve shut, it's like a car slamming into a wall. you have to gradually slow the flow down until you pinch it off. because if you go real quickly, you stand a bigger ...

Deepwater, and this could have been done much earlier, i believe, than it was. >> in layman's terms so a guy like me can follow along, how did they get it to stop? >> you have to be careful with these big wells because if you just slam a valve shut, it's like a car slamming into a wall. you have to gradually slow the flow down and pinch it off. if you go real quickly, you stand a bigger chance of actually rupturing something. the well bore is severely damaged from the cap kill, and this blowout preventer has been through a lot of wear and tear, so they gradually closed it in. i noticed they we...

Takening advantage of sooner? >> oh, clearly they could have been put this stack on weeks ago had it been prepared or had they been ready to do that this is something made of components basically off the shelf, not real custom things. not like you buy them at the hardware store, but they're common to the deepwater. >> in lay terms. something a guy like me can follow along. how did they get it to stop? walk me through it. >> the way they do this, michael. you have to be careful with the big wells. if you slam a valve shut, it's like a car slamming into a wall. you have to gradually slow the flo...