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At those pressure readings they will be able to determine the health of the well, if you will. if there is high pressure, they say that's good news. that means the well is intact. if there is low pressure, that's bad news. they could have leaks going other places. so all of this gives them new information, information they haven't had up until that point. one of the questions we ask, are they going to shut the well in? kent well said they don't know that at this point. it depends on the pressure readings. this would be the best case scenario if they could do that. they could shut the well in, ...

That are underneath the sea. about 5,000 feet. on the left-hand side what we believe could be the top of this new ceiling cap. it is hard to tell but at the very bottom here, that's also a different angle. way off to the right here -- move around here pretty fast. that's the top of the current transition spool that they just put in this morning. i know it is hard to -- tough to see because it is out of the camera sight. that's what's happening live. want to make sure. what's happening. bp says that the work to install a new improved cap is running ahead of schedule. it could be in place someti...

It's a very complicated test. 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 pro...