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Sure the relief well, which is so close, is in good shape. by monday we're likely to begin something call ad static killed which is pumping heavy mud and cement down in the well. before we were trying to push heavy mud down what what is effectively a hose shooting up oil and gas at very high velocities. now you have a closed system. the heavy fluids should float down into the well and the rock and then shut off the the flow. >> we heard so many times about what should happen and then didn't happen. but still some people think there are reasons right now to be optimistic about what is happening...

After the storm came back that the integrity of the well was good. i think -- no guarantees -- but i believe there will be no more oil flowing into the gulf as of the 15th of july. >> at the top of the blowout preventer was opened and we saw the oil and mud coming out of that riser pipe that an earlier top kill operation didn't work. what do you give the chances of this static kill operation? >> well, higher. because before we were trying to push heavy mud down what is effectively a hose that was shooting up oil and gas, very high velocities because of the gas there. now have you a closed syst...