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Sensor testing into the formation to see if there are pockets of oil formed as a result of being forced out of the well bore. just to refresh, because i stated this yesterday, but it's really good for everybody to understand, we have a complete time lapse, 4d map of the area before the well was commenced to be dug, there was another seismic run done on the 26th of april following the event itself, we did one in advance of this event. the seismic run was not clear as the original run because there's a lot of other obstructions out there, all the vessels out there and the simultaneous operations...

Flowing freely out of the top of the cap. we got other pictures where we were not sure about that, but the one you are referring to here, it shows that they have not shut down the choke-and-kill lines or the valves, the three-ram valves that are critical to the operation for when they shut those down, that is when they start the testing of the pressure of the well in earnest. we spoke with the bp officials a short time ago and they were not able to tell us if that testing started in earnest. what we do know is that they have done seismic testing of the area near the leaking wellhead. they have...