floating near the surface, just under the surface. hard to see from the air. it s still there. the tropical weather, i think, broke these globs of oil into much smaller droplets. smaller droplets, easier it is for bacteria to degrade it. we re clearly on the downhill slope of this thing. we re not at the end but can see the light at the end of the tunnel. craig, are you worried? do you think the threat has dimminished, are you worried that they re going to start pulling out equipment? that s exactly what we re seeing now, anderson. the concern is that when you hear the description and depiction of how much oil is really left, we ve become somewhat desense titized, reall. without this spill being a part of it, think of there would be a response immediately to an environmental hazard. because the numbers are so much higher and the well is capped by the way we re very happy about that. we re ecstatic that the well is
well, to a large extent, remember, the spill stopped about ten days ago. so, when the gulf was really acclimated to taking of 60,000 barrels a day. all of a sudden, have you none, bacteria are there, they re degrading very rapidly what s left. the amount of oil floating around in the gulf is going down significantly. that doesn t mean we re out of the woods. oil will still be coming ashore for several more weeks, maybe several more months but is being degrade very quickly as seen by over flights. if it means it s not on the surface, is there still all that oil in the water column that s just diffused? i suspect a lot of this oil is floating near the surface but right under the water column. the oil that s easy to see that forms a sheen, that s been degraded. so, the sheenable oil is gone. what you ve got is globs of oil floating near the surface, just under the surface. hard to see from the air. it s still there. the tropical weather, i think,
cycle, that they aren t finding much oil on the surface, they say. does this mean it s gone? has mother nature and the dispersants broken it up already? well, to a large extent, remember, the spill stopped about ten days ago. so, when the gulf was really acclimated to taking of 60,000 barrels a day. all of a sudden, have you none, ba bacteria are there, they re degrading very rapidly what s left. the amount of oil floating narntd gulf is going down significantly. that doesn t mean we re out of the woods. oil will still be coming ashore for several more weeks, maybe several more months but is being degrade very quickly as seen by over flights. if it means it s not on the surface, is there still all that oil in the water column that s just diffused? i suspect a lot of this oil is floating near the surface but right under the water column. the oil that s easy to see that forms a sheen, that s been degraded. so, the sheenable oil is gone. what you ve got is globs of oil
degraded. so, the sheenable oil is gone. what you ve got is globs of oil floating near the surface, just under the surface. hard to see from the air. it s still there. the tropical weather, i think, broke these globs of oil into much smaller droplets. smaller droplets, easier it is for bacteria to degrade it. we re clearly on the downhill slope of this thing. we re not at the end but can see the light at the end of the tunnel. craig, are you worried? are you skeptical that the threat has diminished? are you worried that they re going to start pulling out equipment? that s exactly what we re seeing now, anderson. the real concern is that when you hear the description and the depiction of how much oil is really left, we ve become somewhat desensitized, really. if any amount of oil was discovered without this spill incident being a part of it, there would be a response immediately to an environmental hazard. but for some reason, because the numbers are much higher and now the well is
broke these globs of oil into much smaller droplets. smaller droplets, easier it is for bacteria to degrade it. we re clearly on the downhill slope of this thing. we re not at the end but can see the light at the end of the tunnel. craig, are you worried? do you think the threat has diminished, are you worried that they re going to start pulling out equipment? that s exactly what we re seeing now, anderson. the concern is that when you hear the description and depiction of how much oil is really left, we ve become somewhat desensitized, really. without this spill being a part of it, think of there would be a response immediately to an environmental hazard. because the numbers are so much higher and the well is capped by the way we re very happy about that. we re ecstatic that the well is no longer leaking, but we cannot turn our eyes away from what s in the water. we re finding new oil every day, whether the coast guard sees it,