that it is the equipment that makes deepwater drilling inherently risky, not drilling depth alone. quoting from his memo from monday, "performance problems have also been identified in recent weeks with the blowout preventers on the relief wells that bp is drilling. the problems have been uncovered during new testing requirements that were imposed on the relief well, after the bp oil spill, thus providing more evidence that prior testing requirements were inadequate. it is unlikely that these problems are unique to bp." we're joined now by bob cavnar. who writes for the huffington post as well as his own website, the daily hurricane. bob, good evening. >> hi, keith, how are you? >> a 24-hour delay in testing that's now underway tonight. the testing will be underway tonight at some point, presumably. do you buy the explanations and the entire endeavor? >> no, i don't, keith. i don't understand this whole operation that they're undergoing right now. sunday was the first time i heard the words "well integrity test."