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Now they're to go that well integrity test. for the first time in 87 days, we saw no oil going into the gulf of mexico. that does not mean this is stopped. because every six hours, government scientists and bp engineers are getting together in the houston command center and doing their calculations and deciding whether or not they're going to go forward with this test. if they go forward and go all 48 hours, that would take us to midday saturday. then they'll decide whether it would be a permanent shut-in opportunity or turn it back into a containment cap and send it up to the four vessels on ...

Somewhere between 35 and 60,000 barrels a day spewing into the gulf. they wanted to exceed that. they would have the capacity for 80,000 barrels a day. it would be interesting to see how much would be coming out of there if they do go back to that containment system. >> are the relief wells on track at that point? >> reporter: they are. that really is the best hope here. the first relief well is within 30 feet of getting to where it needs to get so they can lay the final casing in. it is approaching approaching the ruptured well at a two-degree angle. once they lay the final casing in, they ha...

That right now, in the middle of july the probability starts to grow. so we have been doing a tremendous amount of planning with the coast guard and the counties and the parishes for that, and that is why we are also building a containment system that actually allows us to stay on station longer and get back quicker than the current system so that we would have the minimum amount of time where flow could be going into the sea. so a lot of work has gone on there, and i have to say that even if we are, or this cap is successful, that containment work will continue. that's important work to conti...

That's why we need to learn about the well integrity test. it will give us options, whether or not we can shut the well in or create a more effective containment system with four production platforms off the new cap to allow us to shield the environment from a massive discharge of oil thus far but the ability of that well to hold pressure, whether it's low or high is very, very instructive on how we're going to penetrate the well, the amount of mud, and weight of the mud which can vary and how they need to plug that with cement. i don't think there's so much an impact back on the relief well t...

Probability starts to grow, so we've done a tremendous amount of planning, both with the coast guard, with the states and the counties and the parishes, to prepare for that. that's why we're also building a containment system that actually allows us to stay on station longer and get back quicker than the current system so that we'd have the minimum amount of time where flow could be going into the sea, so a lot of work has gone on there. i have to say, even if we are -- this cap is successful, those -- that containment work will continue. that's important work to continue as a contingency just...