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BP to start Gulf well test by midday Tuesday-exec

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-07-13 21:15

HOUSTON - BP Plc will launch a test to gauge pressure in its gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak late morning to midday Tuesday after after placing a new cap and seal on the wellhead late Monday, a BP executive said.

Kent Wells, senior vice president of exploration and production at BP, told reporters BP and government scientists would monitor the six- to 48-hour test at "very minute intervals."