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You better back it up. here is an a memo. here san email. here is some kind of today prove it. >> bill: logical. >> logic and evidence is different. >> bill: speculation. it was an interesting speculation. lets get down to the gulf. we hear that bp is finally getting this thing under control. do you believe that? >> well, you know, the proof is in the pudding. >> bill: what pudding? >> pudding is that bp cam. this is not a live shot. >> bill: putting pudding in this. >> looks like pudding. looks...

You better back it up. here is an a memo. here san email. here is some kind of today prove it. >> bill: logical. >> logic and evidence is different. >> bill: speculation. it was an interesting speculation. lets get down to the gulf. we hear that bp is finally getting this thing under control. do you believe that? >> well, you know, the proof is in the pudding. >> bill: what pudding? >> pudding is that bp cam. this is not a live shot. >> bill: putting pudding in this. >> looks like pudding. looks...

Shut down the oil coming out of the top of this cap. and then theyre going to check pressures, test pressures, all night long. >> heres how we intend to do the well integrity test. >> reporter: admiral allen says the test will be conducted in stages. and taking pressure readings along the way. >> a high pressure reading of 8,000 pound percent square inch means the well is in good shape. but a low reading means oil is still coming out somewhere below. >> halted dug this testing process is the dig...

Into their proper positions, theyre going to be able to move forward once again with the pressure testing. they anticipate this will happen sometime later today, martha. martha: that was what i was going to ask you. i tkpes the biggest question in everyones mind, this picture weve been looking at now for 87 days, when does that picture dramatically change, when do we stop seeing the billowing plumes of oil moving into the water? >> reporter: they anticipate that once this testing gets underway, ...

Integrity to hold the pressure in the well when we close it in. so the test is designed to close it in, and monitor the pressure. if we get a high pressure, that is good news and that indicates complete integrity. if we get low pressure, that is indication that flow is potentially escaping someplace. clearly we dont want that to occur, and that is the purpose of the test. there were a couple of concerns about the ways that flow could escape and we have to examine those before we proceed. >> i wa...

Described this. test will last anywhere from 6 hours to 48 hours depending on how it responds. then at that point well analyze the results and determine did we leave the well closed in or actually do we need to open it back up, try to contain the flow, and some of it potentially could still escape into the gulf of mexico. the risk through all of this process is that somehow flow escapes outside of the casing. thats something we dont want to occur, because we never want to take any action which c...

When it is closed in, it is at a higher pressure. so what is important here is to monitor the pressure both as we close it in, and once we get closed in very, very carefully. that is, i think, admiral allen has described this that the test goes from 6 hours to 48 hours depending upon how it responds. at that point, we will analyze the results and decide whether to close the well in or open it back up and contain the flow where some of it could potentially escape into the gulf of mexico. the risk...

Everyone, absolutely everybody, and i can assure you that all of bp want to move on with this as quickly as we can to get this flow stopped, and we need to make sure we get you guys information as quickly as we can, and hopefully we can get it faster next time. >> are the q 14 and the other producers shut down as well? >> no, they are capturing oil. so the q-4,000 on a typical day will capture 8,000 barrels. as of late this morning, the helix producer was up to a rate of 12,000 barrels a day. of...

Forcing the hydrocarbons up through the well bore. it indicates to us the hydrocarbons are being forced up and the well boor can withstand that pressure. that is good news. >> also some video from monday of the actually cap being put into place. this is the white structure being moved on top of what they put on earlier. this testing process were waiting for could take anywhere from 6 to 48 hours. it all depends on bp as they go through all their testing. they dont want to rush into this. this pr...

Left side. on the right side, you see these from earlier. the governments point man on the disaster says the testing involves closing off vents and measuring the pressure in the well. take a listen to this. >> and this exercise, high pressure is good. we have a considerable amount of pressure down in the reservoir, forcing the hydrocarbons up through the wellbore. we are looking for somewhere between 8 and 9,000 psi inside the capping stack which would indicate to us that the hydrocarbons are be...