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Slowly on this because it was such a big environmental disaster. they want to make sure all the is are dotted and all the ts are crossed when it comes to safety and capping another huge spill like that again, they want to make sure that the safety measures are in place so that they can cap the thing like right now. >> yeah. and just quickly, one thing that has happened is that four big oil companies after the spill last year knot got together, including shell, spent $1 billion to create a containment cap that they had to prove to the government would work to cap the well. it's amazing to me th...

Wouldn't be visiting the gulf. what do they attribute their success to there, they haven't had many soiled beaches or people starting to come back? >> reporter: well, i think the nun one thing they attribute it to is finally able to watch and see this wellhead with no oil coming out. as we were showing as so many were seeing the oil emanating and washing up on the beaches, that was the repellent, the thing that kept people away. since they put on the containment cap, even before the static kill that was the thing bringing the people back and the long-term reputation of the area, families, gene...

Help us understand, yes, we have been told, this thing is not going to be a threat to us anymore, and it's dead but they are still trying to kill it again? >> reporter: absolutely. this is basically going to seal it off for good. the measure they will undergo today will involve the final process of what we are referring to is the bottom kill. that will be the continuation of digging the relief well. the relief well itself is something that has been dug right along the broken well. it goes down 17,000 feet, and they are within 100 feet of where they want to inject the combination of cement and ...

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That we ordered drilled that will be the final kill kill. probably in the next 10 to 14 days, that will be done. but an important step last night. and as you also noted, our scientists and external scientists believe that the vast majority of the oil has now been contained. it's been skimmed. of mother nature has done its part. it's evaporated. and so i think we're turning a corner here. >> for 107 days, we were talking about all the oil going into the gulf. where did all the oil go? this graph is based on numbers from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, as reported in the "ne...