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Apparently no new oil gushing into the gulf of mexico. and, the pressure readings under the new tight-fitting cap, all are steadily rising and, they haven't seen or detected new oil over the integrity test and the small fleet of remotely operated vehicles and seismic and sonar readings being conducted from the surface, the data indicates the well's integrity appears to be sound. but instead of leaving the well essentially corked and waiting for the bottom kill to happen with the relief well, the plan remains, to open the riser and, let the oil flow to the collection ships on the surface, as it...

The strategy for containing the oil. >> reporter: bill, in the short-term it will determine whether they can close the cap and contain the oil until they come up with a permanent solution of drilling the relief wells and pumping it with mud or, if they need to use the cap, to funnel oil to ships waiting on the surface. in the long term, it will determine whether or not they can pump the well with heavy drilling mud, that in itself creates a lot of pressure in the well and if there are breaches, they will not be able to do it and want to know if the well is intact. bill: jonathan serrie, grand ...

Feet away to intercept and begin pumping in drilling mud and cement to cork the well entirely. the fears? that the stacking cap, which at one point seemed to be leaning, or weaker apparatus beneath it crumples or blows or the oil is simply squeezed up through the sea bed instead of through the well. while the white house today announced president obama will soon return to the gulf louisiana governor bobby jindal, republican, saw his pet project for saving the gulf drift away like so many sand castles. pictures allegedly taken by a federal employee obtained by l.a. coast post.com show one burm ...

Leaks, clearing the way for the relief well, now less than 40 feet away, to intercept and begin pumping in drilling mud and cement to cork the well entirely. the fears? that the stacking cap, which at one point seemed to be leaning, or weaker apparatus beneath it crumples or blows or that the oil is simply squeezed up through the sea bed instead of through the well. and while the white house today announced president obama will soon return to the gulf, louisiana governor bobby jindal, republican, saw his pet project for saving the gulf drift away like so many sand castles. pictures allegedly t...

Initial hydrocarbons, when we can't tell is the current condition of the well board below the sea floor. >> reporter: pressure readings will help determine whether the well is strong enough to hold up against the heavy drilling mud that b.p. wants to bump through a relief well in august to shut down the leaking well once and for all. the pressure tests will also give officials a more accurate estimate of how much oil has already spilled in the gulf, giving coastal residents a better idea how much longer oil continues to disrupt their fisheries, beaches and even mundane aspect of lives they onc...