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Bore. someone could. the pressure could break it and then that would be a real problem. they don't want that to happen. they want to see the pressures stay where they are and they don't want to see oil leaking from someplace else. they did see some methane leaking from two mile ace way, but admiral allen says we do not think this has anything to do with breakage anywhere along the well bore. we do know some bubbles are coming up from around the top up here, from where the old blowout preventer was. it's not a perfect seal. we knew it wasn't a perfect seal the last time because oil was coming o...

>> rob marciano is in orange beach, alabama this morning. rob, tell us about this static kill. how does it work and when might they undertake it? >> reporter: well, the reason that they're considering it now is because the pressure that they've been measuring this past few days, now we're day five where we've had this well actually capped and we've been doing these tests. pressure is slightly lower than they anticipated. they were hoping to get it up to 8,000 to 9,000 psi. it is about 6,800 psi. they would think normally, is the integrity of the well still intact? is there seepage happening? i...