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are such that it s not possible to do that. so we have to rely on the relief wells. we are continuing to contain as much of the oil as we can. and that operation is currently containing 20,000 barrels a day. about it even of this month we ll have the ability to contain between 40,000 and 50,000 barrels a day. by the middle of jewel 60,000 to 80,000 barrels a day. too why wouldn t you just drill relief wells when you drill the main well so that if something like this happened instead of us waiting two, three months and watching millions of barrels of oil come into the ocean destroying our ecosystem and way of life in the gulf coast that you could kill that well in a short period of time? i understand the extra relief well would cost you a little bit more money. it seems in this case it would have saved you billions of dollars. what are your thoughts on drilling relief wells along with

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