third day with no fresh oil flowing from the ocean bottom. on day 89 now, here is the latest tonight: the test of b.p. s latest well cap will be extended for another 24 hours. pressure readings are slowly rising, suggesting there are no leaks, and that huge whale oil skimming ship, it turns out it s too big for the job. kelly cobiella is in grand isle, louisiana tonight. kelly? reporter: jeff, good evening. the government s man in charge says this test will end eventually and some oil will flow into the gulf again, but for now they re content to wait, test and watch. a mile undersea, b.p. s runaway well is still quiet, except for this, bubbling comes from a valve around a pipe. b.p. says it s normal to see bubbles on this part of a well, but they re testing them just in case. we re going to go down and take a sample and make sure that s not any gas from deeper down. reporter: engineers have been looking for leaks since thursday. a leak would explain why the well press
with jeff glor. glor: good evening. there is optimism tonight, but no one is declaring victory. the gulf oil spill has entered a third day with no fresh oil flowing from the ocean bottom. on day 89 now, here is the latest tonight: the test of b.p. s latest well cap will be extended for another 24 hours. pressure readings are slowly rising, suggesting there are no leaks, and that huge whale oil skimming ship, it turns out it s too big for the job. kelly cobiella is in grand isle, louisiana tonight. kelly? reporter: jeff, good evening. the government s man in charge says this test will end eventually and some oil will flow into the gulf again, but for now they re content to wait, test and watch. a mile undersea, b.p. s runaway well is still quiet, except for this, bubbling comes from a valve around a pipe. b.p. says it s normal to see bubbles on this part of a well, but they re testing them just in case. we re going to go down and take a sample and make sure that s not
this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. glor: good evening. there is optimism tonight, but no one is declaring victory. the gulf oil spill has entered a third day with no fresh oil flowing from the ocean bottom. on day 89 now, here is the latest tonight: the test of b.p. s latest well cap will be extended for another 24 hours. pressure readings are slowly rising, suggesting there are no leaks, and that huge whale oil skimming ship, it turns out it s too big for the job. kelly cobiella is in grand isle, louisiana tonight. kelly? reporter: jeff, good evening. the government s man in charge says this test will end eventually and some oil will flow into the gulf again, but for now they re content to wait, test and watch. a mile undersea, b.p. s runaway well is still quiet, except for this, bubbling comes from a valve around a pipe. b.p. says it s normal to see bubbles on this part of a well, but they re testing them just in case. we re going to go down and take a s