the liveability of the gulf is made paramount and that no shortcuts are taken, that the time is given to this procedure so that the law of unintended consequences is not invoked. you heard our guest expert, bob cavnar on this, who s not convinced what s being done now is designed to most rapidly seal off the well, but that the last 24 hours may have been to some degree a diversion designed to, in fact, limit the capacity of outside experts or courts to find out just how much oil was spilled. do we have any counter to his professional expertise? well, i think, ultimately, it is important for us to know whether or not it s 35,000, 45,000, 55,000 or more barrels per day because the fine, if it s gross negligence, is $4,300 per barrel per day, and that could total up to $6 billion or $8 billion.
get a permanent solution in place. now, i should also note bp told us just the fact this oil is shut down for now does not indicate this is a permanent condition. thgs part of the test. they told us to expect this. now we re seeing it. it s quite a relief after all this time to finally see some pause in the gush of oil. bob cavnar, you re back with us now. we understand the oil stoppage may be temporary. the delay in closing the cap indicates they had some degree of confidence that there weren t a lot of leaks along the way. that s right. once they closed up the choke valve, obviously they had confidence in the integrity of the well. the next several hours are going to be the most critical. if any time the pressure gets
liability, because it pays per barrel, per day that goes out into the ocean, but we have to make sure that the livability of the gulf is made paramount and that no shortcuts are taken. that the time is given to this procedure so that the law of unintended consequences is not invoked. you heard our guest expert, bob cavnar on this, whose not convinced what s being done now is designed to most rapidly seal off the well, but the last 24 hours may have been to some degree a diversion designed to, in fact, limit the capacity of outside experts or courts to find out just how much oil was spilled. do we have any counter to his professional expertise? well, i think, ultimately, it is important for us to know whether or not it s 35,000, 45,000, 55,000 or more barrels per day, because the fine, if it s gross negligent, is $4,300 per barrel, per day, and that could total up to $6 billion or $8 billion. not having an accurate
they re waiting for the test to finish. right now no progress is being made. now we see this apparent progress has been made and the oil is not spewing into the gulf, could they resume then? thoir going to need to know about the integrity of the bill. as the pressure builds up, it drops. they re going to have to open the well back up. i think they re going to be hesitant about going ahead with the relief well. how much pressure are we talking about there? you could easily see 8,000 to 9,000 pounds at the surface. the pressure was probably in the 12,000 to 14,000 originally. you re going to see the pressure. bob, you re breaking up a little bit. i m not sure what s going on with the connection. if you can stay with us, maybe
i m still concerned about weakness in the old stack, and i m concerned about weak nns the tubulars in the casing inside the well itself. so they re not nearly out of the woods yet. understood. thank you, bob cavnar. appreciate your time. now to the other story involving bp. did the company make a deal to get the terrorist in the lockerbie bombing released? michael isรง a washington correspondent for the new york daily news. thank you for being here. coincidentally on the very day this fellow was released i was interviewing president obama and was in the position of being the first to ask him how he felt about that, how our government felt about it. give a listen. today the scotts released the lockerbie bomber. maybe it is health care related. he has terminal cancer. a lot of folks offended over a perceived lack of justice. we have been in contact with