UPDATE: BP To Continue Tests On Oil Well Beyond Initial 48 Hours

(Adds comments from BP press relations officer) NEW ORLEANS (AFP)--Energy giant BP said Saturday it will continue tests on the Gulf of Mexico oil well beyond the initial 48-hour period that was to end Saturday afternoon, a company spokesman told AFP. "We're moving forward six hours at a time. If there's a change in what we're doing we will announce it," said BP (BP, BP.LN) press relations officer Mark Salt, declining to elaborate on pressure readings or where the test is heading. (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 17, 2010 15:52 ET (19:52 GMT)