(CNN) — Tests relating to the recently recapped oil well in the Gulf of Mexico have detected a “seep a distance from the well,” Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said in a letter to a BP official.
Allen, in a letter to BP Chief Managing Director Bob Dudley, directs BP to provide a written procedure for restarting flow from the well if oil seepage near the wellhead is confirmed.
It was unclear from Allen’s letter, which was released Sunday evening, whether testing on the well had been extended. It was scheduled to last at least until 4 p.m. Sunday. Earlier in the day, Allen said officials could decide to extend it in 24-hour increments.
“We’ve not been told it’s stopping,” BP spokesman Mark Salt told CNN.
Salt said he had no information about the leak mentioned in Allen’s letter. The letter does not provide further details about where the leak was spotted or how big it is.
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