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It will be a crisis of epic . worse than the valdez 20 years ago unless they can figure out how to stop the leakage which they have not done. conservatives are calling this president obama s katrina including rush limbaugh. how to contain the leak and how to stop it. we talked to coast guard, it is an enorm outs challenge lying ahead from them. we are dealing with innerspace. a well head 5,000 feet down and acess through remotely activated vehicles . trying to get the closure valve to activate that. is not working. next step try to contain the oil in the sites where it is leaking and that is putting coffer dams down there right now. they will have to drill a ....
They re doing that as well. first of all, what are the odds of having equipment that s able to fix that blowout preventer right now? is it feasible that you could fix that and stop the leak? well, the remotely-operated vehicles that i ve watched the video on this, chris, are very, very skilled and very precise. they can pick up very small screwdrivers and things like that. and they re looking for hydraulic leaks and trying to fix the system to see if they can t actuate it. that s the best possible scenario. they ve been trying for several days. what s frustrating for all of us is they ve not been able to actuate the blowout preventer. and while they re doing that we re putting the coffer dams in place. which is taking a while, to allow us to be able to collect the oil and pipe it to the surface. the engineering associated with putting the valves on and putting those things down at 5,000 feet has never been done before. so you re operating in three different channels. first, hopin ....
well, the remotely-operated vehicles that i ve watched the video on this, chris, are very, very skilled and very precise. they can pick up very small screwdrivers and things like that. and they re looking for hydraulic leaks and trying to fix the system to see if they can t act wait it, because that s the best possible scenario. what s frustrating for all of us is they ve not been able to act waite the blow-out preventer. and while they re doing that we re putting the coffer dams in place. the engineering associated with putting the valves on and putting those things down at 5,000 feet has never been done before. so you re operating in three different channels. first, hoping you can fix the blow-out preventer. that would be ideal and number two, trying to redirect the oil that s coming out of the well to the surface where it be collected. let me ask you about the long-term challenge of digging a new hole, a new wellhead. that takes two months, has that clock started? it has. they ....