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18,000 feet, there's a very long bore here from the top of the -- or where the horizon used to be, and then down here where the blowout preventer is. and then all of this soil, all of this crust. and in the crust, naturally occurring, there are cracks up and down. just because earthquakes happen. that's the shifting plates and faults. and the faults allow seepage of natural gas and oil to come up from way down here, from the oil reservoir. what the oil reservoir does, if it's coming up here, the problem and the worry is, now that we've stopped the oil and now that we know the pressure in this ...

This cap to make sure it's fully going to -- actually going to hold? >> since cap o'clock the well, the pressure is building naturally underneath in the oil reservoir. two key numbers to remember. under 6000p.s.i. suggests that there's a leak somewhere in the system. over 8000 p.s.i. and they feel they have a good seal and they'll move to the next step. three areas of concern, number one, you have the original well bore, this is a steel case thank goes down thousands of feet, then you have the production well that goes inside the steel casing. now, for reinforcement, they will actually put cem...

Until mid august. >> we are down to the final days and weeks of closing in on to a point where we can intercept the well. our target date remains the middle of august because there's a number of uncertainties related to what happens when we penetrate the well bore, which isle talk about many a minute. my position is it will be the middle of august before this well is capped. >> a turn for the better in the weather, and now skimming boats are restarting their clean-up efforts. they were put on hold during hurricane alex. rough seas also delayed plays to hook up the helix producer. it could incr...

Week or so as better weather moves into the gulf. he says the first relief well bp is drilling now has reached 17,780 feet, and it could connect with the gushing well within ten days. that would be ahead of schedule. that would certainly be a major step toward plugging the leak. >> we are down to the final days and weeks and closing in to a point where we can intercept the well. our target date remains the middle of august because there are a number of uncertainties related to what happens when we get down and penetrate the well bore which i'll talk about in a minute. there are certain things ...

Maintains its integrity through the kill operation. this is not a one-shot -- this is not a one-shot process. we hope it works in one shot but the relief well will give them access to try numerous methods for killing the well. numerous fluids to pump in. >> some of the graphics shown over the past six to eight weeks have been misleading in terms of what this kill well will do. many of the graphics had it coming in from a 90-degree angle. we have one in to show folks. when they drill down and this sort of compresses the scale but they drill down and over at an angle and go down straight again p...