Doug Suttles

“If everything goes well, within the next 24 hours we could have this contained.”

“remember this is being done in 5,000 ft of water, and very small issues take a long time to fix”

“He said if the 'top kill' failed there was a chance the flow of oil could temporarily be increased.”

“We are doing everything we can, everything I know,”

“BP hopes to contain the spill from its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours, its chief operating officer, Doug Suttles, has said.”

“Doug Suttles said that 'if everything goes well', the capping process could contain the spill within a day.”

“remember this is being done in 5,000 feet of water, and very small issues take a long time to fix”

“within the next 24 hours we could have this contained”

“the process - never attempted at such depths before - stood a 60-70% chance of working.”

“stood a 60-70% chance of working”