barges. a more per meable boom. then, you have the barges which essentially act as walls in these passes. the good news, the barges, you are talking six feet deep. hopefully, the oil at this point in time can t travel under. the big one word people talk about, hurricane. another storm brewing in the gulf. we will see where that goes. brooke baldwin along lake ponchartrain. thanks so much. we are going to talk to owen krants, the ceo behind a new production ship that is going out there. we will find out when it can. lindsay lohan could be looking at six months in jail if a los angeles judge finds out she violated her parole stemming from a 2007 drunk driving arrest. a full hearing was scheduled for
39 minutes after the hour. a new plan to dramatically increase the oil bp is recovering from the gushing well. the company has brought in a new vessel, the helix producer one, a floating platform that s able to process as much as 25,000 barrels a day. the system is designed to easily disconnect and reconnect in the event of a major storm. join us now as the ceo of helix energy solutions group, owen krantz joins us. the flexibility of this ship is at the moment its downfall. you are supposed to easily connect or disconnect from the floating riser. the weather has so far prevented you from doing that? thank you for having me this morning. good morning. unfortunately, that is correct.
to the ceo behind a new platform that s on scene there that could double the amount of oil captured. is this a way to finally sop up all of that oil that s spewing into the gulf? we will find out. it s 36 minutes after the hour.