RELIEF WELL COLLAPSE: 40 feet of “side walls kind of fell in on itself”; BP to take 24-36 hours removing debris from wellbore (VIDEO)

National Incident Commander Thad Allen Briefing on Gulf Oil Spill, July 30, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. EDT:

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Some of the sediment in the side walls kind of feel in on itself… about 40 feet of where it settled in on itself… it has to be removed, that’s what’s being done today.
AP reports: “Removing debris will take 24 to 36 hours.”

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