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Administration moratorium in the gulf of meblgsco. meanwhile, officials plan to remove the capping stack on bp s well. they ll soon begin recovery of the blowout preventer that failed to stop the worst oil spill in history. well it s 32 minutes past the hour. we ve fold him for months, and now we revy sergeant randy shorter as he hits the ground in afghanistan. this deployment is his third tour of duty. jason carroll joins us on the phone from afghanistan. with the ongoing series kwp a soldier s story. what are the challenges that lie ahead for this unit and for sergeant shorter? reporter: you know, kiaran, there are a number of things that sergeant shorter has had to face, hitting the ground here in sharana. there are a number of things that have to be done at this crucial step. making sure at that weapons are ....
So-called bottom kill. more mud and cement will be injected into bedrock 2 1/2 miles below the sea floor. this as new estimates are out at the bp price tag. the company could be fined as much as $21 billion if it is found to have committed gross negligence or willful misconduct. the fine could drop to $17.6 billion if the government credits the company for the oil it has already recovered. joining us once again tonight, former oil executive, bob cavnar, who writes about the industry at dailyhurricane.com. he s also author of disaster on the horizon, which is due out in october. good evening, bob. hi, keith. static kill. where did this one come from? have we heard of this before? it gets confusing sometimes. well, that s the latest part of the most recent shape shift of bp. when admiral allen compelled bp to go ahead with the capping stack, you ll remember that they came up with this well integrity test that ran for supposed to ....
So-called bottom kill. more mud and cement will be injected into bedrock 2 1/2 miles below the sea floor. this as new estimates are out at the bp price tag. the company could be fined as much as $21 billion if it is found to have committed gross negligence or willful misconduct. the fine could drop to $17.6 billion if the government credits the company for the oil it has already recovered. joining us once again tonight, former oil executive, bob cavnar, who writes about the industry at dailyhurricane.com. he s also author of disaster on the horizon, which is due out in october. good evening, bob. hi, keith. static kill. where did this one come from? have we heard of this before? it gets confusing sometimes. well, that s the latest part of the most recent shape shift of bp. when admiral allen compelled bp to go ahead with the capping stack, you ll remember that they came up with this well integrity test that ran for supposed to be for six to 48 hours, ended up ....
In the well-being filled with mud. we now have equalized the pressure the hydro static pressure of the sea water with the pressure inside the capping stack. and basically have reached a static condition in the well that allows us to have high confidence that there will be no oil leaking into the environment, and we have significantly improved our chances to finally kill the well with the reliefwells when that does occur. the discussions that are going on today between the science team down in houston and the bp engineers are regarding whether or not we should follow up the mud that has been put into the well bore with actual cement. and the discussion around that revolves around what we think the status of the drill pipe is. is it still where we thought it was? because where that drill pipe is consequential in how you will put the cement in and the success of the cement. those discussions are ongoing and we will not make a until we know what the drill pipe is ....
Different points. the yet to be finished relief wells will be used to execute a shof called bottom kill. more mud and cement will be injected into bedrock 2 1/2 miles below the sea floor. this as new estimates are out at the bp price tag. the company could be fined as much as $21 billion if it is confined to commit gross negligence or willful misconduct. the fine could drop to $17.6 billion if the government credits the company for the oil it has already recovered. joining us once again tonight, former oil executive, bob cavnar, who writes about the industry at dailyhurricane.com. he s also author of disaster on the horizon, which is due out in october. good evening, bob. hi, keith. static kill. where did this one come from? have we heard of this before? it gets confusing sometimes. well, that s the latest part of the most recent shape shift of bp. when admiral al will know compelled bp to go ahead with the capping stack. you ll remember that they came up with this well integri ....