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Great news. to have it go down is a sign, along with the seepage, is that something could be happening. that's all we have. >> what's admiral thad allen telling bp? >> reporter: he can be very direct, as you know, and he sent a tersely worded letter to bp. he wanted bp to report any future seepage within a four-hour span. very quickly, they want the information. second, he wanted detailed instructions for opening the choke valve on top of the containment cap and third wanted a writden update within 24 hours. breaking information we have for you is that the federal government will allow the tes...

Wants, report any future seepage within a four-hour span. they want information very quickly. also detailed instructions for the future for possibly opening the choke valve and a written update within 24 hours. also if they happen to possibly cancel a test all together, the next step is to remove the cap, place a riser on top of the well head, then siphon it up to the surface to contain the vessels. then even with that, there is a bit of a caveat. if they go that right and put that riser on top of the wellhead, it could mean one to three days of oil flowing freely back into the gulf of mexico....

Quickly investigate and report findings to the government in no more than four hours. i direct you to provide me with a written procedure for opening the choke valve as quickly as possible without damaging the well should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed. and he goes on to jirks must provide me with your latest containment plan and schedule in the event that the well integrity test is suspended. so he's telling bp he wants them to be prepared and he wants to know exactly what they are going to do if they encounter a problem. and he wants to know they're going to be prepared ...

That leaves two possibilities, number one, after gush going the gulf the pressure from the reservoir has simply gone down or two, that the pressure of the cap on the wellhead that is forcing oil to seep into the seafloor or through the wellhead or through the well system at some other point. that's why admiral thad allen has that fleet of collection oil shipping on the surface so at any given moment they can go ahead and start collecting the oil on the ships and take the pressure off of the reservoir so it doesn't cause greater damage under the sea pwaed but in a stern letter written to bob du...

Where it's being collected by a number of skimmers that have been called in to the area. but while this is going on, everything else is put on hold. those operations that were pumping the oil up to the surface to containment vessels, that saun hold. the drilling operations for the relief well, that is on hold. everything was going to be watching about how well this cap was going to perform. if they were able to shut it off successfully, they would be starting -- would have already started probably those pressure tests to determine if they would be able to cap this well. they were going to be g...