They're making plans now for -- even as they drill these two relief wells that optimistically will take quite some time -- how do we plug this leak either through using the robotics to effect the valve -- how are we dispersing this so that that oil never gets to the top and then through a natural system gets -- largely dissipates at the bottom?

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Without this safety valve, generators would overload and begin shutting down to avoid damage, risking a domino effect of a region-wide outage.

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