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>> well, with the cap on, bp now will spend the next 48 hours testing the pressure of the well. and that will start first thing tomorrow morning, they say. bp calls it an integrity test. in this case, high pressure is a good thing if the well maintains its high pressure with the cap on, then that actually means oil and gas aren't leaking out in other areas of the well casing. low pressure would mean that there are other leaks, the hope is, the high pressure will continue, will stick, and within the week the cap would be tightened on there permanently. >> and i mean, is bp pretty confident this...

>> why is it going to take so long before we know if this works or not? >> well, with the cap on, bp now will spend the next 48 hours testing the pressure of the well. and that will start first thing tomorrow morning, they say. bp calls it an integrity test. in this case, high pressure is a good thing if the well maintains its high pressure with the cap on, then that actually means oil and gas aren't leaking out in other areas of the well casing. low pressure would mean that there are other leaks, the hope is, the high pressure will continue, will stick, and within the week the cap would be ti...