we told them you need to give us a plan on how you are going to get redundancy and if a piece of equipment breaks not only can you produce but produce if a range of 25,000 to 60,000 barrels a day. we gave that to them, they provided a plan to us. the capping stack on right now is part of the containment plan we ordered them to provide. while we had the opportunity to potentially shut in the well, if the readings are correct, what this does is gives us four different outlets to go to four different production flat forms and increase the redundancy and capacity. those are the two parts to that. operator, we can take calls from the line now. questions on the phone line, please press star one. you have a question from perry weber with the associated press. thank you very much.
range of 60,000 barrels a day based on the new rate we developed years ago. they provided a plan to us. the capping stack that is on right now is actually part of the containment plan that we ordered them to provide. while we had the opportunity to potentially shut in the well, if the readings are correct, what this really does for us is give us four different outlets to go to four different production platforms and the capacity to us low us to cover 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day, which is above the maximum floor rate that we estimate right now. those are the two parts to that. operator, we can go ahead and take phone calls from line now. to answer a question on the phone lines, please, press star 1. you have a question from the associated press. thank you very much. admiral, can you give us a little idea right now from what you ve seen from this latest effort on whether this, did this cap is going to work as it s
lessen america s oil consumption, those are alternative ideas that might attract some republican support. bill: your initial point was, about republicans, drafting support from the gospe.o.p. kevin, is that possible. look. that is emblematic of the disconnect washington, d.c. has with the rest of the country. legislation right now, committee hearings, searching for votes on capitol hill does not solve the immediate problem. the immediate problem is that we have a leak that is gushing oil, in the gulf right now that is hurting the way of life down there. and we don t have a cleanup and don t have a containment plan yet. so, all of the talk about committee hearings and whether or not we ll be able to get votes for legislation, is, you know, not exactly what the american people are looking for. they are not looking for legislation, they are looking for action from this administration to help stop the problem caused right now. bill: many contend many are trying to figure out when the g
containment plan in the next 48 hours. bp should have an improved system for trapping oil by mid-july. 16-year-old abby is safe and sound aboard a french fishing boat. she was trying to sail around at world by herself. she went adrift in the indian calling it crazy. now back to glenn beck. glenn: tonight, i have a story that you must hear. you must ask yourself at the end of this hour, what is america s future? what are we facing? and where do we go from here? what is your role in that decision? you probably have either heard or have said to somebody, yourself, this book, it changed my life. did it really? how much did you have vested
stone unturned, and they are turning over all the stones. i know you always worry about contingency plans, assuming, and we hope it succeeds, if the containment plan fails, what s plan b ? we ll have to look at the oil coming ashore and the oil out there, no matter what happens, because we have oil on the water. and the oil has already started to contaminate the chandeleur islands to the east of the louisiana coastline. we re working close with the state and local governments especially the parish presidents in louisiana. i directed our coast guard commanders to work with them to understand the requirements and what is most important to protect and to direct british petroleum and the other contractors involved to provide them these resources. we ve been working this issue extremely hard since we met with the president in venice last saturday. thad allen is the commandant of the coast guard. good luck to you and everyone else involved in this operation, commandant. we appreciate