BP: Cap should start choking oil ‘soon’ after fix

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After fixing a leak on a cap designed to plug up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP engineers readied today to see if the new top is enough to contain the gusher. Kent Wells, a BP PLC vice president, said at a news briefing in Houston that the leak, which was discovered late Wednesday, was fixed by replacing the pipe called a “choke line” on the side of capping device. The work set back the testing process on the cap’s capabilities.