In the article U.S. Delays Test of Device That Could Seal Gulf Well there are two points of view expressed.

Kent Wells, a senior BP vice president, said scientists from the industry and government were reviewing the test procedures. “This test is so important that a decision was made to give them another 24 hours,” he said at a Wednesday morning briefing in Houston. “We don’t want to end up with a test with inconclusive results.”

That is the management point of view from the inappropriately named BP vice president, Kent Wells. Would you delay a test because it might be inconclusive?

Here is the more believable story from way down the chain of command closer to the actual work being done

A technician involved in the effort said that at the center of the debate was the issue of whether shutting in the well was worth the risk. A pressure buildup might damage the well bore, making it more difficult to eventually seal the well through the relief well.

Maybe the technician should be dubbed Mr. Wells.