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Too low, those valves will be reopened. what are we talking about? returning to a free flow, and then what happens? >> we'll get the process started to gather as much oil as they can from the bottom two valves. then hook t@ the new lines to the new ships that will take on more oil. >> to your mind, putting this new cap on, was it the right way to go? >> i think putting the new cap on was the right thing to do. i've been questioning the wisdom of putting pressure on the well. it seemed to me the more prudent thing to do was to produce the well into ships from keep it from going into the water a...

>> well, with the cap on, bp now will spend the next 48 hours testing the pressure of the well. and that will start first thing tomorrow morning, they say. bp calls it an integrity test. in this case, high pressure is a good thing if the well maintains its high pressure with the cap on, then that actually means oil and gas aren't leaking out in other areas of the well casing. low pressure would mean that there are other leaks, the hope is, the high pressure will continue, will stick, and within the week the cap would be tightened on there permanently. >> and i mean, is bp pretty confident this...

But with the new cap on now, bp hopes the oil will be fully contained eventually. in the time it takes to secure the new cap, bp told me today, the oil flow will decrease, but it won't be fully stopped until all of those vents are closed, anderson. >> why is it going to take so long before we know if this works or not? >> well, with the cap on, bp now will spend the next 48 hours testing the pressure of the well. and that will start first thing tomorrow morning, they say. bp calls it an integrity test. in this case, high pressure is a good thing if the well maintains its high pressure with the...

>> why is it going to take so long before we know if this works or not? >> well, with the cap on, bp now will spend the next 48 hours testing the pressure of the well. and that will start first thing tomorrow morning, they say. bp calls it an integrity test. in this case, high pressure is a good thing if the well maintains its high pressure with the cap on, then that actually means oil and gas aren't leaking out in other areas of the well casing. low pressure would mean that there are other leaks, the hope is, the high pressure will continue, will stick, and within the week the cap would be ti...

Play by play of what we are seeing. you are watching it like we are watching it. you can come to the same conclusion we are coming to, that yes, a lot of work is going on. it's fascinating to see the cameras move around. >> big machinery, too. >> robotic arms moving around. and reynolds wolf telling us earlier, a lot of cleaning up before they put the new cap on. this is 5,000 feet below the service of the water. we will get details, but we are just showing you and letting you see for yourself what is happening. we were talking about this, and making our best educated guess about what that is....