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Mexico. everyone wants that. but why completely ban offshore drilling to other companies that weren't involved in this disaster? that's the feeling along the gulf coast, even by those affected most by the oil spill itself. >> charles, new tests, what are the crews testing for, and how does it affect the drilling of the relief well? >> reporter: well, the leaf well is on hold until bp completes testing of the well itself. they also want to test the top of the well, the blowout preventer and the capping system, and also the coast guard is requiring bp to come up with a way to vent any type of pr...

Yesterday, the coast guard ordered bp to conduct pressure tests of the well itself and also the capping system at the top that was put in place one month ago today. bp has been ordered to test the well and to test the capping system for any additional pressures that may come along as they do the bottom kill. now the coast guard is waiting for bp to turn in these results which could be monday or tuesday. the government scientists will go over them and at that point the coast guard will give bp the go ahead to complete the final kill operation. the coast guard says that will take place, but it w...

A test that was a precursor to the so-called static kill procedure. but bp releasing a statement tonight saying that as engineers prepare to start the injectivety test they discovered what bp is calling a small hydraulic leak in the capping system's hydraulic control system. bp says the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed. possibly by tomorrow. but even before bp's engineers have tried, merely tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something it has tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something it cannot now even start, the company ...

So-called static kill procedure. bp released a statement saying as engineers started the inject tifty test, they discovered a small hydraulic leak in the capping system. the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed -- possibly by tomorrow. but even before bp's engineers have tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something it's tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something it cannot now start, the company is acting as if it's succeeded. bp officials not sure they'll use the relief wells they are digging for months to plug the ruptured o...

This afternoon, bp to have begun a test that was a precursor to the so-called static kill procedure. bp released a statement saying as engineers started the injectiveity test, they discovered a small hydraulic leak in the capping system. the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed -- possibly by tomorrow. but even before bp's engineers have tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something it's tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something it cannot now start, the company is acting as if it's already succeeded. bp officials not sure the...