In addition, the sealing cap will assist in the eventual killing of the oil.

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The Helix Producer, which was -- is not related to the sealing cap -- was coming online separately.

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So the sealing cap -- and I should stress here that this is not related to the containment architecture.

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We made the sealing cap and the Helix Producer movements happen together rather than separately, as was originally called for but changed because of weather.

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About what we do with the sealing cap during a hurricane.

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The containment capacity in the new structure, the sealing cap, will draw to two different boats and increase the containment capacity from roughly 15, 000 to between 20, 000 and 30, 000.

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And because of the increased containment capacity out of the sealing cap, the choke line, which was feeding to the Q4000 at about 10, 000 barrels a day, will have its containment capability increased to 20, 000 to 25, 000 barrels a day.

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Again, Dan, the process that is gone through on many of these steps is -- and Secretary Chu and Dr. McNutt and others have spent days and days and days in Houston, particularly around big events such as this one with the sealing cap and the Helix Producer coming online.

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As the bacteria responsible for the tooth decay are sealed in, and deprived of nutrients, the act of sealing the decaying tooth with the metal cap should prevent the decay from spreading, at least until the baby tooth is shed at around 10 years of age.

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