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Brand-new permanent cap is being lowered subsea for placement early or mid-week. >> 5,000 feet below the surface. >> so the images we're about to see here, let's look at it one more time, the old containment cap was removed yesterday and to put, to replace, it's going to take a little bit of time today as they put this new cap in place, they've got to bolt it down, we're kind of seeing some images here from the robotic cameras, can you make out what we're seeing. those bolts, that's where they would come down, correct? >> yes. what bp is calling it is a flange transition spool. a huge structur...

It is very possible according to federal officials and bp officials that that well could be contained and we see the end of the flow here. >> let's take a look at an animation. i'm not sure if you can see it. we got the information from bp. in terms of what happened over the last 24 hours. and that's basically they are moving over what's -- the giant adapter, isn't it? they are trying to put on top. transition spool. that's on right now? >> reporter: that's on. they are moving that new containment cap over. >> okay. the containment cap, we go to that video quickly, once they have that transiti...

Blowout preventer, bolted down and now this morning they hope to put the second part which is called the three-ram stack on top of that and then the cap will be complete and then they'll do a test to determine just how -- in what kind of shape the well is in. as far as containing the oil, they're -- they're getting about 8,000 barrels a day. they're still collecting 8,000 barrels a day through the q-4000. that's the ship out there that's burning the oil off. there is that second ship that you mentioned, "the helix producer." the lines are hooked up and had hoped it would be producing oil, coll...

That are underneath the sea. about 5,000 feet. on the left-hand side what we believe could be the top of this new ceiling cap. it is hard to tell but at the very bottom here, that's also a different angle. way off to the right here -- move around here pretty fast. that's the top of the current transition spool that they just put in this morning. i know it is hard to -- tough to see because it is out of the camera sight. that's what's happening live. want to make sure. what's happening. bp says that the work to install a new improved cap is running ahead of schedule. it could be in place someti...

They put that transition spool on yesterday and now they'll put the three ram stack on and then once that happens they're going to do this very important test to determine the integrity of the well and what's key about that is they're going to monitor the pressure and shut off the valves and everything where the oil is going out. they shut all that down and then they read the pressure. if the pressure is high, that's actually good news in this case because it means that the oil is just coming out of the blowout preventer and that drill pipe. if the pressure is low, that will be a problem becau...