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18,000 feet, there's a very long bore here from the top of the -- or where the horizon used to be, and then down here where the blowout preventer is. and then all of this soil, all of this crust. and in the crust, naturally occurring, there are cracks up and down. just because earthquakes happen. that's the shifting plates and faults. and the faults allow seepage of natural gas and oil to come up from way down here, from the oil reservoir. what the oil reservoir does, if it's coming up here, the problem and the worry is, now that we've stopped the oil and now that we know the pressure in this ...

Any indication that there is a threat to the well bore. >> shepard: that's seepage. the well cap is another matter. admiral allen says he has agreed to let bp test the cap for another 24 hours with officials keeping a close on it for signs of trouble. phil keating live in mississippi coast. one sign of trouble would be a drop of pressure inside that cap, right? >> right, shep. it's all about the pressure under that cap at this point. that's what scientists around the country are all studying. the pressure tonight is 6811 pounds per square inch. scientists all along thought it would be higher a...

When the new, more tightly fitting cap placed on the wellhead, a fraction of the amount of oil that escaped to the gulf of mexico for three months escaped in the water. another sign of seepage has been ruled to be not related but there are still great concerns. >> the leakage is occurring located right about here. there is hydrate formation on the side of the capping stack as we move forward. >> admiral allen showing everyone on top of thecaing stack the new leak of oil has been detected. spotted sunday night. the stack has been a critical focus for scientist and engineers and it's all about t...

Found seepage less than two miles from the wellhead. seepage of what, they did not say. admiral allen today backed up bp's claim that the seepage is natural, and unrelated to the well. and he reported that pressure within the new stacking cap is rising, a good sign for now. and the last reported at 6811 pounds per square inch, increasing at a pound per square inch every hour. less clear, however, is why bp and allen seemed to take divergent courses on the well's future this weekend. after allen said saturday that the pressure tests would be followed by collection of oil through the wellhead, b...

When the new, more tightly fitting cap placed on the wellhead, a fraction of the amount of oil that escaped to the gulf of mexico for three months escaped in the water. another sign of seepage has been ruled to be not related but there are still great concerns. >> the leakage is occurring located right about here. there is hydrate formation on the side of the capping stack as we move forward. >> admiral allen showing everyone on top of thecaing stack the new leak of oil has been detected. spotted sunday night. the stack has been a critical focus for scientist and engineers and it's all about t...