obtained. we talked about it with admiral allen yesterday. first thing though this morning, bp will start testing the pressure of this well to make sure there are no leaks. during those tests the oil flow will decree as the valves on the cap are closed. the cap is still a temporary fix until relief drills are drilled into the blown-out well. ed lavendera is live in new orleans. if this cap works, this would be major accomplishment. essentially if the pressure is right, this could mean that the oil stops flowing. reporter: right. as thad allen mentioned yesterday, bp officials did as well, they have a couple of different ways they hope this can go. in terms of how many options they have and what can be done here, that s why i think this is one of the more hopeful scenarios they ve seen in quite some time. but you can easily understand the skepticism that might be out there across the country as people hear news about this, we ve been down this road many times before as engineers hav
the cap, they have brought into the area enough equipment to hook up a lot of collection devices on the surface to have the capacity to collect more oil than that well is actually leaking right now. so they re at a point where they can collect the oil coming out or stop it completely. the idea with this cap is that it will make this well essentially hurricane proof because if they re still collecting oil up to the surface, and hurricane comes in they have to move out the ships and the oil is going to leak out into the ocean again. with the cap in place, they could be able to temporarily shut it off and disconnect everything and have it not leak into the gulf. soes that s a great option for them. also, if this cap works, and they re able to hold the pressure there, having the high pressure in the well itself is going to help them when they finish that relief well later this month and drill in there and fill it up with cement.