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Plug up the well that's been busted for good. what's the latest? >> reporter: they did the static kill this week that they poured thousands of pounds of heavy mud into the top of the blow out preventer and sealed it with cement. that effectively killed the well. but to be sure, the coast guard wants bp to perform the bottom kill. that basically is the same procedure except that the bottom of the well, 13,000 feet below the floor of the gulf of mexico. the relief well is now within about 30 feet of the crippled well. they will enter that well casing perhaps as early as thursday and begin pumpin...

Impact. they also said all along those dispersants had never been used in those quantities ever before. meanwhile, the static kill operation, when is that set to start? >> reporter: well, we heard a couple of things yesterday. thad allen said it could start as late as late monday, late today, and suttles, doug suttles, was saying looks more like tuesday. so within the next 24 hours we expect to see this operation begin and as john put it aptly, this is essentially trying to choke off this well by pumping heavy fluid and mud down the throat of this ruptured well. it is expected to take place so...