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Miles from the wellhead. seepage of what, they did not say. admiral allen today backed up bp's claim that the seepage is natural, and unrelated to the well. and he reported that pressure within the new stacking cap is rising, a good sign for now. and the last reported at 6811 pounds per square inch, increasing at a pound per square inch every hour. less clear, however, is why bp and allen seemed to take divergent courses on the well's future this weekend. after allen said saturday that the pressure tests would be followed by collection of oil through the wellhead, bp chief operating oser doug ...

Repairina leak on the new cap on top of the well, b.p. resumed pressure tests. the tests involve slowly closing valves on the cap, and measuring the oil pressure that builds up inside. it was just a couple of hours into those tests that b.p. senior vice president kent wells was able to make this announcement. >> the official time of the of choke being fully closed, that the well was fully shut in is approximately 2:25 this afternoon. as of this time, there is no flow of oil going in the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: over a 48-hour period, b.p. and officials will monitor pressure levels inside t...

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This time. >> you know, david, yesterday, congressional hearings in the house raced questions about whether bp knew that something was about to happen before that blowout and the fiery explosion took place. they were undergoing testing on the well itself. they didn't do anything about it, according to congress yesterday. what you can tell us about what was going on in that well at that time? >> reporter: well what we heard in that committee hearing, there was a pressure test go ndong that well. what we've heard from bp, he do a variety of pressure tests on the well before they cap it which is ...