FEAR OF RUPTURE CAUSED BP TEST DELAY.

HOUSTON — On orders from federal officials, BP delayed a key pressure test on the new oil cap below the Gulf late Tuesday because of concerns that the test could damage the wellbore, a BP executive said Wednesday.

"There were a couple of other concerns around ways flow could escape and we needed to go examine those before we proceeded," Doug Suttles, BP chief operating officer of exploration and production, told CNN.
An unstable area around the wellbore could create bigger problems if the leak continued elsewhere in the well after the cap valves were shut, experts said.
"It's an incredibly big concern," said Don Van Nieuwenhuise, director of Professional Geoscience Programs at the University of Houston. "They need to get a scan of where things are, that way when they do pressure testing, they know to look out for ruptures or changes."
Suttles later said he did not know if BP will get approval to go ahead with closing valves that have been left open since the capping stack was installed atop the well Monday.
Suttles said the government wants to verify that the casing, or the piping in the well, is intact and that the oil would stay contained if BP shuts the well in.
Suttles said the next step would depend on the outcome of a meeting of BP and government officials early Wednesday afternoon.

You know what just do the test and quit having a meeting every other day.  JUST FIX THE WELL. FIX THE LEAK. THAT'S ALL ANYONE WANTS YOU TO DO. FIX IT!!!  FIX IT!!!!