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Sea in the gulf of mexico. well, its a new method, its called static kill. let me first show you whats going on under the ocean right now. let me show you that camera. as you can see, no oil flowing. this cap that has been on there since july 15th has actually been working quite effectively. but theyre getting ready to try something called static kill. a little bit different than the top kill method that didnt work well over a month ago. the difference right now, of course, is when they went in ...

Really dean lot to prevent massic amounts of oil from getting to the wet lands and the coast. he said overall its been a net win for the environment, but this is really going to be in dispute for months, maybe years to come. >> thank you. lets get back to the effort to permanently plug the ruptured well. we may be only a few hours away from the mud-pumping operation known as static kill. what are we about to see? >> were about to see what we were seeing before, top kill. all the oil was pouring ...

>> they tried so many things, the top kill, the top hat, the junk shot, you name it. why are they so confident this time it will do it? >> theyre confident this time around, because they feel like unlike top kill, theyve got that cap in place so this cup at youred well is under control, they feel at the moment. and they have been taking pressure readings, so right now, the pressure read attention -- and i dont want to bore you with the details, but the pressure readings are such that they feel l...

Well by the time all of these actions are finished. >> give us an idea about the risks here. there is still a chance something could go wrong? >> i think the chances are pretty minimal. they are doing a top kill and a bottom kill. i am not a petroleum biologist but people think this is standard procedure for sealing the well. rather than speculating about what could happen. >> from your perspective knowing probably as many people as you do that have been working to help clean this up. do you thi...

During a top kill or static kill procedure? we dont know that, but it sewer seems like an unnecessary risk to take. plus, there is oil going into the gulf, so i would think they would want to get that relief well finished as quickly as possible. >> and with the new ceo now, and now james lee witt signing on, does this change in personnel, adding personnel, like james lee witt, indicate that theres some kind of progress here that you think is going to get us to a better place? >> you know, im get...

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Wear, the we will be prepared to deal with this. >> this delays the static kill, which so kill it from the top, and does it delay the relief wells finishing the job and killing this well once and for all? >> it does, wolf, because they are actually connected. we dont want to start the static top kill until we have the final casing pipe in, because that assures us that the relief well wont be impacted if there is a problem in the wellbore, itself, caused by the static kill, so what we want to do ...

Tropical depression or storm and stays on its current track it could cause serious delays in operations setting back the well by as much as two weeks. >> the timing will be critical. and if the weather does cooperate, and that is a wig "if" this year, the oil giant may try to seal the well with static kill. thats the procedure that could take place over the next 48 hours. our rob marciano has a look at the operations as they struggle to clean up the gulf. now, rob, static kill, we talk about tha...

Gusher permanently. cnns rob marciano joining us live from gulf shores, alabama. >> reporter: yes. so far so good. we are into day six with the well-being capped successfully. there are minor leaks around some of the gaskets and some seepage outside away from the well. at this point the experts and scientists think thats not an issue. they are going at this on a day by day basis. today being day six, they are going to keep that cap on, continue to monitor the pressure. it is creeping up slowly. ...

To a point where it could intercept the corrupted well but they have to put in a steel reinforced casing the. that is the last step. they wont begin that until they get an all-clear from the forecasters who are watching the storm. they dont want to start this process and then have to disrupt it and move off scene for up to 10 to 14 days, the admiral says, if a storm does come through. theyre watching this system and they have everything in place right now to begin it. if the storm goes away, her...