The companies are in the process of preparing to drill again in the Gulf in the days ahead.

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And somebody can drill only when they satisfy the government that they have a process in place to deal with a worst-case scenario.

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He said that's an easily reversible process once the weather passes: Purge the seawater out, pull the packer out and reinsert the drill string to begin drilling again.

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