you've heard this question in the last week or so, where's the oil. so the coo of bp went out and looked for the oil this afternoon, doug suttles, and essentially came back at this press briefing and said they didn't find any. of course that is not going to sit well with local officials here in louisiana who have said for the last several days that, hey, if you want to know where the oil is, we'll be happy to take you out and show you where the oil is. i'm not sure doug suttles satisfied some of the critics that are saying those things down here in louisiana. but one thing that he did say is that bp is making progress, heading towards the static kill operation. that is the operation where they're going to pump heavy fluids into the cap, the containment cap that is on the ruptured well right now in an attempt to if not fully plug that leak to at least get it primed for a bottom kill operation, which will happen later on in mid-august. suttles told the press briefing a few moments ago that everything is moving pretty smoothly in that direction.