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To be greasily negligent. a crucial test is being rescheduled until tomorrow at the earliest, a test that needs to take place before the company goes ahead with the static kill plan to seal off the well. bp says a small leak was discovered that needs to be prepared. tom foreman joins me now from new orleans with a look at what that static kill involves. >> reporter: federal authorities are preparing out in the gulf, off the shore here for this test. theyll pump small bursts of another type of oi...

Test. theyll pump small bursts of another type of oil in that well to see if they can force it down against the current, so to speak, two miles below the well ahead into the actual oil reservoir, if they have no nasty surprises during that injectivity test, thats what its called, then the static kill should begin tomorrow. that will involve pumping in a steady stream of heavy drilling fluid or mud, as its called. and then increasing the pressure until that mud is pushing the oil back down into t...

Different from the top kill they tried once before. >> it is different, because this time, there is a cap, if i can show you one of my crude renderings here on this draw/erase board. they have the cap on top of the ruptured well. thats the difference. before the top kill, there was no cap and so theyre trying to force the heavy fluid and mud into the rupture well without any kind of containment. thats different this time around with the static kill. and bp just wrapped up a technical briefing ju...

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>> jim acosta is live for us in new orleans. back to the static kill. they had a delay but are hoping to begin this operation today. whats the latest, jim? >> reporter: well, kiran, the latest is were going to find out today whether or not this is sf static kill day or ground hog day. we think at this point that that static kill is going to get going. bp is saying that they had a small leak in a hydraulic system inside the containment cap thats on top of the relief well. thats pretty key that th...

All right. moving on in the gulf. bp is anxious to get the static kill under way and choke off that well for good. but first, engineers want to make sure the well can handle it. anne thompson is nbcs chief environmental affairs correspondent and you know where she is live in today, venice, louisiana. so, at what point today will we know the results of this test? and i guess when does this next version of the lethal injection which i think is my favorite way to describe this begin? >> reporter: w...