sediment around the well withstand the additional pressure? so all of this is key information, which is why i believe the federal government has been wise in ensuring that bp move much more slower than they had intended on doing. bp has really wanted to shut down this well as quickly as possible, although their confidence has made it impossible to achieve that goal. they've wanted to move more quickly and admiral allen has warned them to slow down and make the cure actually worse than the did i piece by having this pipe off the rock formation around this well actually now spring leaks and makes the problem even worse than it is now. >> doug, the other good thing about this is, i suppose it allows some elements of the coast guard and federal response who were focusing on, you know, in great detail what was