thursday, when the new pollution from this well stops for good. how much longer until the first relief well gets to the point of interception? bp is optimistic by the end of july, the end of this month, a week or two ahead of the original schedule, that first the deeper well which right now is at 17,840, it will intercept with the existing well, 24 feet away at this point but slow going at this end of the line because they drill a little, pull that drilling equipment out, drop down the magnetic sensors to make sure they are caming for they are aiming for the existing line, penetrate, pump the mud in and cement it shut once and for all that could be happening by the end of the july. admiral allen still going with early to mid august ideally this thing is over and that leaves of course many, 1 at
reporter: i m marianne rafferty. bp scientists trying to make sense of the pressure readings. tests on the new cap the readings were not rising as high as expected. coast guard admiral allen saying the well could be running three three months in or there could be an undiscovered leak. obama administration adding a u.s. born radical muslim cleric totter black list thought to be hiding in yemen. accused of inspiring the times square bomb ago tempt and suspected in other plots. terrorism black list targets have assets frozen and barred from traveling to the united states and americans can t send money to them. i m marianne rafferty. now back to on the record. for your latest headlines go to foxnews.com.
an amazing story of survival in california after a woman spent five days at the bottom of a ravine. she plunged 300 yards when her car went off the road. she s safe this morning but can t remember anything about the accident. and this morning scientists in the gulf are closely monitoring the well cap which appears to be preventing oil from escaping. while the cap seems to have choked the damage well head, low pressure readings suggest the oil could be leaking elsewhere on the ocean floor. earlier we spoke with former oil executive bob cavener about the impacts of the cap. i was concerned about this whole operation, especially i was fearful it would give an inconclusive result, which looks like this is what s going on. if you ll recall admiral allen and b pmt talked about the pressure building to 8,000 or 9,000 pounds. if it did that, it would show there was good integrity or no
sediment around the well withstand the additional pressure? so all of this is key information, which is why i believe the federal government has been wise in ensuring that bp move much more slower than they had intended on doing. bp has really wanted to shut down this well as quickly as possible, although their confidence has made it impossible to achieve that goal. they ve wanted to move more quickly and admiral allen has warned them to slow down and make the cure actually worse than the did i piece by having this pipe off the rock formation around this well actually now spring leaks and makes the problem even worse than it is now. doug, the other good thing
sediment around the well withstand the additional pressure? so all of this is key information, which is why i believe the federal government has been wise in ensuring that bp move much more slower than they had intended on doing. bp has really wanted to shut down this well as quickly as possible, although their confidence has made it impossible to achieve that goal. they ve wanted to move more quickly and admiral allen has warned them to slow down and make the cure actually worse than the did i piece by having this pipe off the rock formation around this well actually now spring leaks and makes the problem even worse than it is now. doug, the other good thing about this is, i suppose it allows some elements of the coast guard and federal response who were focusing on, you know, in great detail what was