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Are. now, they can do this without releasing more oil to the surface if this test is successful. >> because the concern is that if you have to use the containment vessels and there is bad weather or tropical storm or hurricane, those ships have the leave, right? >> yes shg, the ships would hav leave, but they could shut the valves again and stop the oil flow when the ships are gone. so essentially they have control of the well at this point in time, and it is still yet to be seen whether or not ...

Long time. >> lets hope and pray that it works. doug suttles is the coo, the chief operating officer, of bp. good luck. we taped that interview earlier with mr. suttles. all right. lets dig deeper right now and further appreciate the time line of what has happened today a and cnns jessica yellin is standing by with more on this part of the story. jessica? >> well, wolf, the oil flow as you remort and doug suttles explains has been shut down in a number of steps, be i we wantut show you the pic...

Welcome news, and when youre talking about a months worth of oil, i think thats what gets peoples hopes up here very, very high. >> and if its 60,000 barrels a day, you do the math, and you can figure out how many barrels, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of barrels would be spewing in if there werent the containment ships at the top or if these valves dont prevent the oil from spewing out right now. i guess people are just sitting around where you are, ed, crossing their fingers and say...

And he says at the end of the statement, it remains likely that we will return to the containment process using this new stacking cap connected to the risers to attempt to collect up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day until the relief well is completed. why would they do that? why would they reopen the valves and start to contain it on the ships and con tanler ekocontain the gulf of mexico when it seems closed right now? >> well, when they start to produce this oil, they dont have to actually open...

Bp has told us, no oil right now is spewing into the gulf of mexico, and this for the first time in three months. is that right? >> that is right, wolf. that is correct. >> did you anticipate that it would be shut down as quickly as it has? because i was under the assumption that you would start closing valves here and there and over a period of hours, assuming that the pressure levels were good, and you would close down more, but you basically shut down all of the valves as at the same time? >>...

Is spewing into the gulf of mexico, this for the first time in three months, is that right? >> thats right, wolf. thats -- that is correct. >> did you anticipate that it would be shut down as quickly as it has, because i was under the assumption that you would start closing valves here and there and over a period of hours, assuming the pressure levels were good, you would shut down some more? but you basically shut down all those valves basically at the same time, is that right? >> no, we didnt....

From inside that containment cap and the blowout preventer, and these -- these are crucial tests that will help them understand exactly what they are dealing with, and then in the coming days they will decide how to move forward and be able to decide whether or not this containment cap that they have worked over the last few days to put into place, whether or not that can work by itself or if they will need to reopen involves, let more oil out and begin the process of collecting it. either way, ...