BP Oil Gusher Finally Plugged...Maybe

After 87 days of unsuccessful attempts to plug the Gulf oil gusher, BP may have finally found a solution. A cap mounted on the Deepwater Horizon site's leaky well earlier this week has stopped all oil from spewing out--for now.

The trickiest part is yet to come, however. BP still has to perform a number of integrity tests to make sure the cap works. From BP's website:

The well integrity test will last at least 6 hours and could last up to
48 hours. During the test, the three ram capping...