BP: Oil cap will be attached today, then tested

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — BP expected to attach a tight new cap today on its busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, putting the oil giant a few tantalizing steps closer to knowing whether the fix will be enough to finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf. The new cap, a 150,000-pound metal stack known as “Top Hat 10,” was about 300 feet from the point where it’s supposed to connect with the leaking well, BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles said in a news briefing this morning.