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6A – Daily News – Monday, July 12, 2010 BP happy with new oil-leak effort, but no promises NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Underpromising with hopes of overdelivering, BP said Sunday that it is making progress on what could prove its most effec- tive effort yet to contain the Gulf oil leak, but cautioned that the verdict could be several days away. A new cap being placed atop the gusher is intended to provide a tight seal and might eventually allow the oil giant to capture all the crude leaking from the well for the first time since an April 20 oil rig explosion set off the environmental crisis. But several prior failed attempts to stop the leak have made BP PLC careful to keep expecta- tions grounded. ‘‘We’re pleased with our progress,’’ said BP senior vice president Kent Wells, who then hastened to add the operation was still expected to last up to six more days. Asked during a confer- ence call if the new cap and collection efforts would end the spilling of oil into the Gulf, Wells said only that BP will capture all the oil ‘‘at some point.’’ Wells said BP may have 100 Years of Scouting BSA – 2010 Special Commemorative Edition Of the D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNT Y SINCE 1885 Saluting Tehama County Scouting Published Saturday, July 24, 2010 • Features on Tehama County Scout leaders attending Scouting’s 100th Anniversary Jamboree • Local Scouting participation and accomplishments • Exclusive features and articles on history of Scouting … and much more! Tehama County Businesses and Organizations! If you have sponsored Scouting, if your employees or members have been scouts or scout leaders, please join us in saluting Boy Scouting in Tehama County. Special pages containing exclusive features on Scouting will feature the advertisements in our July 24th edition that celebrate scouts, scout leaders and scouting. 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Officials won’t be satis- fied the cap is working until they’ve run tests on whether it can withstand the tremendous pressure of oil pushing up from below the seafloor, Wells said. ‘‘We’ve tried to work out as many of the bugs as we can. The challenge will come with something unexpected,’’ he said. The well has been gush- ing largely unchecked since an old, leaky cap was removed from the wellhead Saturday to make way for the new one. Between 88 million and 174 million gallons have already spilled into the Gulf, according to federal esti- mates. Wary Gulf residents reserved judgment about BP’s latest effort and said the damage already done to the environment, fishing and tourism will haunt the region for a long time either way. ‘‘At this point, there have been so many ups and downs, disappointments, that everybody down here is like, ’We’ll believe it when we see it,’’’ said Keith Kennedy, a charter boat captain in Venice, La. Robotic submarines fin- ished removing a busted piece of pipe that was bolt- ed around the leak around 3 a.m. Sunday. That paved the way for the installation of a pipe-like connector called a flange spool that will sit on top of the spew- ing well bore. The new cap would be mounted on top of that connector and have flexible pipes leading up to surface ships. The work was being closely monitored at the White House, where Presi- dent Barack Obama is being briefed multiple times a day, adviser David Axelrod said on ABC’s ‘‘This Week.’’ ‘‘We have every reason to believe that this will work,’’ he said. The new cap will be aided in containing the leak by the arrival of the Helix Producer, a vessel that will be able to take in about 1 million gallons of crude per day by Tuesday after grad- ually ramping up. The Helix connected to flexible pipes from the well Friday, and crews have been run- ning tests since then. Like another vessel already operating, the Q4000, the Helix will take in oil through connections beneath the new seal. Once the new cap is affixed, two other vessels are to connect to it for their oil collection. D NEWSAILY RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5