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Apparently no new oil gushing into the gulf of mexico and the pressure readings under the new tight fitting cap steadily rising. they have not seen or detected any new oil over this integrity test via a small fleet of remotely operated vehicles and multiple seismic and sonar readings conducted from the surface. the data indicates the well's integrity appears to be sound. instead of leaving it corked and waiting for the bottom kill to happen with the relief well, the plan remains to open the riser to kill and choke lines for the large collection ships on the surface. as this continues the relie...

Concern leaving the white house and b p at ads. bp wants to keep the cap closed, the government is in fave of pumping oil into tankers. the major concern now, if they're opening the cap, if they reopen it, it leaves open the possibility of making the oil spill even worse, and then of course harder to fix. phil keating in gulf port, mississippi. we talked about this yesterday. how serious is this seep and the methane that may be coming out of it? reporter error it's critically important and it is at the crux of what this integrity test is all about. down there under the cameras, on the seafloor...

Into the gulf of mexico before that has been shut off and contained and everything is contained on the ships. bp this morning saying this new seepage discovered, quote, a distance from the cap, the new tight fitting cap could be naturally occurring because that is a natural thing out there in the gulf of mexico and the oceans around the world. as for the underwater cap, the new cap, that is appearing to work very, very well and bp just moments ago releasing new pressure readings, nowis at 6792, almost 6800 psi, pounds per square inch, it was 6745 on saturday. clearly it's steadily rising. but ...

Day 90 of the oil disaster in the gulf and bp says it is hopeful the well can remain sealed until relief wells are finally complete. national incident commander admiral thad allen says the testing will last today until 4:00 p.m. and be repeated every 24 hours. hi, phil. >> hi, shannon. underneath the new tight fitting cap the pressure continues to rise although it is not rising as high or rapidly as a lot of scientists expected. it is not dropping and so because of that the bp ceo says that is supported by all of the seismic and sonar and underwater camera evidence that there is no hydrocarbon...

In the process of plugging the well for good. appears there's a difference of opinion on what exactly the step should be. phil keating is live on the gulf coast, first, we're hearing talk about a possible methane leak coming from the well. is there any confirmation for that? >> the associated press quoting an unidentified federal official is reporting that there is a methane leak seeping out somewhere into the gulf of mexico from the wellhead area, now, i talked with incident command in new orleans, they're not addressing this report directly, only, saying, quote, we continue to monitor the we...