Well cap's trial ends with no word on what's next

BP's 48-hour trial run of a cap blocking oil from streaming into the Gulf of Mexico ended Saturday with no word on what happens next.

BP spokesman Daren Beaudo said the company would communicate if the trial was stopped. With no word as 3:25 p.m. EDT (1925 GMT) passed, video footage showed the well was still plugged.

The cap could be reopened if scientists decide it could create an underground breach. It also could be reopened if they need to do certain seafloor mapping, or if they want to contain the oil by instead drawing it up to vessels on the surface.

Kent Wells, a BP PLC vice president, said earlier that engineers glued to an array of sensors …