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Damaged the well. it's still inconclusive. no matter what happens, if they can't shut in the well, they are going to go back to containing the oil. they say they can do that quickly. the helix producer, two of the vessels already at the sight. they've got "discover enterprise" there. it's got a cap that can go on top of the new ceiling cap. they have a lot of ways to go. when they get the system up and running, it can capture 20,000 barrels more than what the government thinks is flowing out at the high end. >> hey, anne, we made a technological leap here. we're having a debate about the morat...

It isn't you shut one valve and poof, you've got the answer. it's going to take them anywhere from 6 hours to 48 hours, and the longer it goes, the better it is. >> is there a chance they could cap it off completely or alternatively take the oil coming out of the narrow cap now and pipe it right up to the ships? >> they could. and if they start to get pressure readings that give them concerns, they said they're going to open the ceiling cap. then they will, as you say, send it up to the surface. there are already two systems hooked up, the q-4000 and the helix producer. they have two other shi...

Random pictures, but the one that i am looking at, two of the pictures that show literally gauges from zero to 15,000 psi. and right now, that needle is on zero. when it starts to go up we will know that they are shutting the vavl valves. >> all right. standby, chad. it is impossbling to overstate how critical this operation is to ending this gulf oil disaster. cnn's brian todd talked about it with national incident commander and retired coast guard admiral thad allen in houston. >> reporter: how big is this day? the biggest day in the operation so far you think? >> well, one of the biggest ...

Louisiana. is there any hope, we've been watching this for 85 days. do they have the technology to fix this problem? this hell? >> reporter: they were more optimistic when the day began. they had hoped to start the well integrity test, chris, which is where they'll slowly shut off the flow of oil. if you're looking at the cap, you can see there's a big blum of black oil coming through the new ceiling cap. what they're going to do is slowly close down all the valves and take pressure readings along the way to determine just how much pressure is coming out. when they figure out how much pressure...

Do they have the technology to fix this problem, this hell? >> reporter: they were more optimistic when the day began. they had hoped to start the well integrity test, chris, which is where they'll slowly shut off the flow of oil. if you're looking at the cap, you can see there's a big plume of black oil coming through the new ceiling cap. what they're going to do is slowly close down all the valves and take pressure readings along the way to determine just how much pressure is coming out. when they figure out how much pressure is inside that cap, they say that will tell them what kind of shap...