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Up there. this cap will give them an opportunity to create a temporary stop to that oil if a hurricane comes through. at the very least, if this cap is working and if the well is healthy as they hope it is, then theyll be able to make this hurricane-proof and be able to continue catching that oil on the surface. >> david, a lot of "ifs" still but a lot of positive news and a lot of people still optimistic. >> david mattingly, thank you so much. the science of the bp oil well cap and its integr...

The riser pipes to coming out of the blowout preventer and containment cap and run four lines to ships on the surface of the water to collect the containment. they say they are able to collect the oil, excuse me, they say they are able to collect about 80,000 barrels a day and if the government estimates are correct on the flow rate which is right now at a highest of about 60,000 barrels a day they say with all of that theyd be able to capture all of the oil that would be leaking into the gulf o...

Lets update you now on the top stories of the day. day 87 of the gulf oil disaster. bp has replaced a leaking pipe and hopes to resume an important test later on today. the integrity test is intended to determine the wells pressure to see if a new container cap can stop the oil flow. a key senate vote expected today on wall street reform, the final procedural hurdle to be sure that the bill moves on to president obama for signing next week. the vatican is vee leasing a new rule book making i...

Peaked in march of last year at 651,000. theyve been holding steady in the mid 400,000s for much of this year. bps latest effort to stop the gulf oil leak is back on track. plans for testing a new well cap were put on hold by a leaking piece of equipment. but crews are now ready to move forward. cnns atlanta reporter joining us where the coast guards point man spoke to the media last hour. maybe you can remind us of the question you asked admiral thad allen. >> the headline here quickly is that ...

Dug. there was another seismic run that was done and the 26th of april following the event, itself. we did one in advance of this event. the seismic run was not as clear as the original one, because there is a lot of other obstructions out there, and all of the vessels that are there and all of the simultaneous operations going on but it was good enough for us to understand that there were not any developments on the sea floor or formations that are problematic with proceeding with the integrity...

That this line is going. they wouldnt know exactly where that oil is leaking into, thats why theyre doing these -- part of leading to this process was the seismic testing and all sorts of different tests to kind of get a picture before this test was done of what the earths surface looks like below it and what it all looks like. and then at the end of this test theyll go back and do another seismic test and compare it all. and thats what will give them the results of this integrity test. >> weve ...

Slowly, slowly closed the well. once that was complete at 3:25 p.m. eastern, that is when we saw the amazing image, no oil coming out of the well, and that is when bp began what they have been calling the integrity test. as you know, they are measuring to make sure that the pressure stays high in the well, and if it drops, that basically means there is a leak someplace they need to find, and this test is expected to last at least a few more hours and it could go for as long as two days, wolf. >>...

A huge moment in the course of what weve been covering over the last three months. i mean, i dont think theres any words that can add to this to explain why this is such a crucial moment in the hope that what we see on the right of your screen there is what we can hope -- would hope would continue from here on out so we know that were in the middle or the beginning of this integrity test. it will last a couple of days, and why this is significant, because if one of the two options that they hope...

The new well cap has been under way for three hours. theres still lots of risk and uncertainty as this test moves forward. were keeping a very close watch on the live cameras beneath the surface. lets go to cnns ed lavandera. first, hes in new orleans to tell our viewers what is happening right now. ed? >> reporter: well, wolf, i really think the news of this moment is just the visual aspect of this. for almost three months weve seen oil gushing into the gulf of mexico, and even though its very ...

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