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Hours, then take scientists several more hours to review the data. then the anticipated static kill procedure will begin. listen here. >> this is a positive step forward. its going to be good news in a time where there hasnt been a lot of good news but not cause for pre-ma turbation. the gulf coast recovery needs to move forward and the bp and government need to meet responsibilities. >> if successful in overcoming the oil that spouse from the well, bp will use cement to actually pump down the s...

>> reporter: were hoping this will be the beginning of the end of making sure that that well is capped for good, no more leaking from that well. as you mentioned, theyre trying to get underway with the injekation tests, that is going to pump some light oil into that blown out well down the throat of that well so to speak, lethal injection that they hope will give them an idea on whether or not they can push the crude back into the reservoir, that will give them an indication of how much pressure...

Morning and called it the ultimate diagnostic test because it should give them the clearest indication of just what kind of condition that well is in. theyll be watching the pressure readings very, very carefully, and if they get any indication along this, andrea, that there is a problem, they will stop the static kill immediately. and then they will go back to the relief well. they still are going to do the relief well, no matter whether or not static kill works or not because that is the ultim...

This afternoon, bp to have begun a test that was a precursor to the so-called static kill procedure. bp released a statement saying as engineers started the injectiveity test, they discovered a small hydraulic leak in the capping system. the test and the static kill will wait until the leak is fixed -- possibly by tomorrow. but even before bps engineers have tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something its tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something ...

Oil into the gulf of mexico for three months may be permanently stopped this week. lets hope. bp says its beginning the so-called static kill procedure as early as tomorrow. that involves forcing mud and cement into the well and will be followed by a quote, bottom kill through a relief well that should be finished in about a week. but with millions of gallons of -- what is a final lesson to be learned from this summer of oil. for that we turn to robert rice. the president says hes going to appoi...

The relief wells, one step they had to take before they get to the static kill procedure. when they clean out the relief wells theyll remove sand and silt that dropped into the well when the remnants of tropical storm bonnie moved overhead. then theyre going to lay what they refer to as casing, basically a hollow metal pipe. thats when they proceed with the static kill procedure, inject a combination of cement and mud into the containment cap and thats the first step. the second big step is the ...

Operation from when they originally planned it, it was going to be on sunday and now it looks like monday or tuesday, possibly tuesday before they are able to get to that. the static kill procedure is where they go to the containment cap and they inject a combination of mud and cement which they call the static kill, because the oil is static, not able to get out because of the containment cap itself. thats step one. the second step, as you well know, is what they call the bottom kill. they use ...

That caused all this international uproar. now we have a new regulations-americregulations russian-american adoption agency that will oversee the adoptions from here on out. meanwhile, the gulf. yes, day 103, static kill, the latest effort were told is going to be the next solution, the next step here. its now been delayed. bp is tweaking it. >> the company is going ahead with prep work leading up to the static kill procedure. lets get straight to cnns reynolds wolf in new orleans. hes been th...

Well. bp pushing back plans to start the static kill procedure. reynolds wolf in new orleans to explain why. why is the timeline going back just a bit? >> reporter: the reason we have a little bit of a wrinkle in the time frame, things were ironed out picture perfect. the well, itself, is fine. there happens to be a little bit of silt or sand that made its way into the relief well. the reason they believe that happened is because back when we had the remnants of tropical storm bonnie, it stirred...

This morning, in biloxi, mississippi, incoming ceo bob dudley announced james lee witt, former head of fema under clinton has been hired to help with bps gulf restoration work. addressing the ongoing cleanup effort, dudley said there would be less boom, fewer hazmat suits, but the same commitment. >> where theres no oil on the beaches, you probably dont need people walking up and down with hazmat suits. so youll see that kind of a pullback. but commitment, absolutely no pullback. >> back underwa...