in a perfect world with no interruptions, he said, bp's relief well drilling would have reached the spilling and be ready to start sealing off with the ahead fluid known as mud by july 27. july 27 just happens to be the day bp answers to investors for quarterly earnings. a day bp wants good news. congressman ed markey asking bp to explain how and now why the original application to drill the relief well listed an estimated completion date of august 15th. bob cavnar pointing out in a post today that for the same reason bp had financial incentive to low ball its initial flow rate estimate has financial incentive not to cap the spill at all. but end it with the relief well. why? capping the spill successfully would allow scientists to count accurately the rate of gallons per minute generating a hard and precise number for the total amount spilled.