Leak detected away from well

A leak has been detected a distance from the wellhead that was capped Thursday to stop the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's oil spill response director, ordered BP to prepare to open the cap at the wellhead should the seepage be confirmed. No information was available on the size of the leak, the distance from the wellhead or how it was discovered. (Sources: CNN, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Bloomberg, 07/18/10)