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Testing to begin, to see if the blown out well can handle the high pressures of shutting down the flow of oil within it. crude still gushing into the gulf at this hour. admiral allen saying in tonights briefing that the government gave its permission for testing to begin after a 24-hour delay, satisfied that bps latest scheme does not raise undue risks that outweigh the potential reward. testing to be conducted in stages. bp to slowly close each of the five outlets on the cap at six-hour interva...

Valid pressure readings until we close the choke. >> one last question and i apologize if you answered it before. could this integrity test -- you mentioned damage to the wellbore all of the way down. if something like that happened, would this affect the relief well process? >> im glad you asked that. there was an assessment done. heres what we have done to mitigate the risk. we dont think theres a problem there but as close as the relief well is to the wellbore, what weve done is the relief we...

Ultimate success will be the relief well and developer driller 3 is now at 17,840 feet measured depth. they have been there for a day or two. they are doing testing to make sure they have the right angle of attack as they close in for the last 60 or 70 feet before they last. you try to make the penetration for the relief well and the current estimate of how far away they are from the well at this point is 44", this gets pretty precise as they go down another 60 or so feet and drill into a seven ...