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Underwater it is supposed to trap the oil and eventually siphon it away into a tanker but domes like these are untested at 5000 feet. we'll have to see later whether or not that happens. the oil typhoon t. boone pickens is with me. will it work? >> it will work. bill: will it work? >> i know it worked on a blowout in mexico, the yucatan peninsula, about 20 years ago but the water depth was much shallower. you're talking about a mile town. bill the yucatan was how much? >> 22 -- about 200. bill: 200 feet. that's is substantial difference. we're 15 days into it. i understand it's difficult. why ...

Of mexico, many of you have seen these pictures in the last few days. we're told the coast guard has suspended it's search for the 11 people missing. obviously the rig has now sunk and one of the questions now is what is the environmental impact and we can show you a look at that as well. if you look closely, you can see the discoloration, that is the oil floating on the water. the question is when and where will it hit? we'll continue to track that let's head over to the magic wall for a closer look on how this works. you see the rig right here in the water, this is what these look like, let'...

Prevent on the seafloor back to the rig. >> how does this compare to the fixed rigs that clearly cannot go as far down? >> the deepest water depth for a fixed production platform like this is 1350 feet and most of them are 200 feet or less. >> the deepwater horizon obviously sank and so it's down about, what, 5,000 feet from surface to floor. anything salvageable from that rig? >> probably not. it will probably be left on the seafloor. >> so, almost an artificial reef. >> probably, yeah, it won't interfere with much out there except for some possible oil and gas activity. >> all right. well, b...

I don't know if today helps them or not. >> it is tough. putting yourself in their position. do i give up hope or hang on to it? and in the end of the day, all of those basically huge obstacles that i discussed in january a gentlemen washed ashore after being at sea for 13 months and travelled over 5,000 miles and he survive on drinking turtle blood and his own urine which i would not recommend. >> he is alive you are right. 16,000 foot for water depth. the storms that we heard about in the indian ocean. this is intense stuff. debrie fold could have travelled hundreds of miles in 12 days. how ...

Jump to conclusions without having any evidence from the well bore itself. and i think most of the people in the industry, as well as the agencies that regulate the industry would feel the same way. >> what is your assessment? is it assessable? of any effort to try to cap this emergence of oil beyond the relief well? in other words, are we fooling ourselves to think we stop the flow of this oil well prior to two or three months from now? >> well i think there are efforts going on. this top-kill approach that they're talking about has worked before. we've operated at twice the water depth that ...