maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, three and two. they re a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. they re very stable and waves and winds, they re designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fixed structure, we understand that, but they shouldn t move off to florida, spend a week getting back on site. if they miss a week of drilling the relief wells, that s equivalent to another exxon valdez or two going into the gulf of mexico. so they need to stay there. 40 knots of wind is a good day in alaska fishermen s life so these huge rigs ought to be able to take it. did the relief wells, this backup plan we re hearing about, if they fail it s to collect oil at the current wellhead through various systems and then direct the oil through a pipeline to
off the site threshold. but i think they ought to push that envelope a little higher to maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, the development dw development rigs, three and two. they re a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. they re very stable and waves and winds, they re designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fixed structure, we understand that, but they shouldn t move off to florida, spend a week getting back on site. if they miss a week of drilling the relief wells, that s equivalent to another exxon valdez or two going into the gulf of mexico. so they need to stay there. 40 knots of wind is a good day in alaska fishermen s life so these huge rigs ought to be able to take it. did the relief wells, this backup plan we re hearing about, if they fail it s to collect oil
off the site threshold. but i think they ought to push that envelope a little higher to maybe a 60-knot wind. these are enormous rigs, three and two. they re a football field wide by a football field wide, 50,000-ton vessels. they re very stable and waves and winds, they re designed to withstand 100-knot winds and 40, 50, even 60-foot seas so they need to stay drilling as long as is safely possible. if they have to disconnect from the drill string, which is a fixed structure, we understand that, but they shouldn t move off to florida, spend a week getting back on site. if they miss a week of drilling the relief wells, that s equivalent to another exxon valdez or two going into the gulf of mexico. so they need to stay there. 40 knots of wind is a good day in alaska fishermen s life so these huge rigs ought to be able to take it. did the relief wells, this backup plan we re hearing about, if they fail it s to collect oil at the current wellhead through various systems and then direct