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Industry away. >> ed lavendera, thanks for the update. talking more about this new cap, the work began on saturday. the old one was removed and that allowed the oil which is about 60,000 barrels a day as a best estimate to flow freely into the gulf again. >> but now that 18-foot high, 150,000-pound metal cap is in place. our chad meyers will explain to us just how this is working. >> they took a big machine, any dropped it on here, unscrewed the bolts, then took that piece away. then they took another machine and they dropped it down. as it drops down, it actually attached much better and th...

At least controlling or containing this oil disaster while those relief wells have been drilled simultaneously. so officials here say that they hope that -- and perhaps this test something already under way. we'll get an update in a couple of hours but officials hope this cap can either work by itself and they'll do a series of tests which involving closing the valves and that sort of thing on top of this new cap and then it will either work by itself or they hope at the very least they can use the pipes and machinery and technology that's already out there to siphon up oil to the water surfac...

Obtained. we talked about it with admiral allen yesterday. first thing though this morning, bp will start testing the pressure of this well to make sure there are no leaks. >> during those tests the oil flow will decree as the valves on the cap are closed. the cap is still a temporary fix until relief drills are drilled into the blown-out well. ed lavendera is live in new orleans. if this cap works, this would be major accomplishment. essentially if the pressure is right, this could mean that the oil stops flowing. >> reporter: right. as thad allen mentioned yesterday, bp officials did as well...