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Top, so in the event -- to get really close and potentially nick the well bore, they put mud down to control any hydrocarbons that might come out. regarding the longer-term containment, we should by next week have the additional vessel in place to start producing off of the kill line, the other line that's available to bring oil to the surface. that will bring us to three production vessels and the 53,000-barrel capacity we were looking for by the end of june. moving beyond that, we're very close to completing the first free-standing riser pipe, that will allow us to go to the new configuratio...

Bringing in events from around the globe and the media desk bringing in the pictures. that's it from bp, sealing a -- sealing the leak, declaring the static kill a success. kris gutierrez, the static kill is working so far? >> it is working, jenna. we're kind of surprised because yesterday incident commander admiral thad allen told us it could make 36 hours to implement that procedure but late last night, eight hours into the static kill, it was working, the mud was heavy -- strong enough to plug the well. today admiral allen will decide whether or not to shoot cement down that same choke li...

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...

6700 pounds per square inch this morning. they're looking for leaks in three key areas. think of this as the original well bore, this goes down about 13,000 feet, and this being the production pipe so, to speak, the oil would come out here. there's supposed to be complete integrity along this. they think that during the explosion there might have been a crack in that. that's why they actually use cement in between the two pipes for integrity purposes. they're looking number one there for any kind of leaks, number two, think of this as the original blowout preventer, basically locked down to th...