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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 bp s engineers have tried to pump mud and cement down the throat of the busted well, something it s tried and failed to do in similar fashion before, something it cannot now start, the company is acting as if it s already succeeded. bp officials not sure they ll use the relief wells they have been digging for months now to permanently plug the ruptured oil well in the gulf of mention coy, what is long thought to be the best, most surefire method of stopping the leak for good. a bp spokesman saying, quote, precisely what the relief wells will do remains to be seen. long-term effects of dangerous chemical dispersants remaining to be seen. ....