BP officials have said, however, that if the test showed the well was in good shape, it was possible that the well would remain shut.
As of yesterday, no decision had been made whether the well would remain capped after an evacuation or pressure would first be relieved, releasing days' worth of oil into the gulf.
Admiral Allen said that the need to extend the tests was being evaluated day to day, and that it was possible the well would remain shut indefinitely.
Thad W. Allen, the retired Coast Guard admiral who leads the federal response effort, said on Friday that a seismic monitoring ship and the ships operating undersea robots near the well would remain as long as possible.
Wells would remain the nation's fourth-largest bank, behind No. 3 Citigroup, with assets of $1.83 trillion, but could surpass it soon if it continues its recent spate of acquisitions.
This figure would still remain well below the 75,500 peak of 1991.
In its May 2014 inflation report, the Bank predicted productivity growth would pick up gradually as the recovery progressed, but said it would still remain "well below" its pre-crisis trend.
The White House projected Thursday that unemployment would fall this year by only a little, if at all, and would remain well over 6 percent until 2015.
The Obama administration projected Thursday that the unemployment rate would fall this year by only a little, if at all, and would remain well over 6 percent until 2015.
He'd been there since midnight, he said, and he and everyone else would remain well past 10 a.m., when they planned to watch two Egyptian soccer clubs play in a league final in Cairo.
