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The end of that disastrous oil spill in the gulf of mexico. crews are ready to seal up the ruptured well once and for all. there has been a bit of a delay. reynolds wolf is live in new orleans. reynolds, this delay should not be as i guess troubling as other delays have been in the past, isn't that right? >> reporter: absolutely. this should just be a brief hiccup with what they have been dealing with long-term. the step they are going to have to deal with is a cleaning pros esi process. a week ago, there was a little bit of silt on the ocean floor kicked up and found its way into one of the r...

Drilling two of them if relief wells are a crucial part of the operation to put in what is preferred to as the bio kill. to have that in place, things to be perfect and right now they aren't. when you had the remnants of tropical storm bonnie pass over the site there was silt, sand that got into one of relief wells. it may take 12, 24, 36 hours to remove that before they try the static kill operation the minor snag. certainly something that's not going to derail the entire process, but it's going to cause a few minor delays. what is going to delay is the static kill operation. static kill oper...

Well. bp pushing back plans to start the static kill procedure. reynolds wolf in new orleans to explain why. why is the timeline going back just a bit? >> reporter: the reason we have a little bit of a wrinkle in the time frame, things were ironed out picture perfect. the well, itself, is fine. there happens to be a little bit of silt or sand that made its way into the relief well. the reason they believe that happened is because back when we had the remnants of tropical storm bonnie, it stirred up things at the surface and way down at the bottom of the gulf of mexico, it actually stirred up s...

Disaster in the gulf of mexico, word that bp's efforts to permanently seal the blownout well could be just days away. bob dudley tells cnn that the static kill operation will likely get under way on monday. once the well is sealed, it will still be a long road ahead for the gulf of mexico. on cnn's "american morning" dudley talked about the company's commitment to the region. >> one thing i want to make very, very clear, although i will be heading off to london in october, this is the single highest priority for bp going forward. it is -- you can build -- the only way you can build a reputatio...

But when i got up, i just stopped and looked up. i was like, this can't can't be happening. there's no way we can put the fire out. is the worst of the oil disaster behind us? bp hopes so. bob dudley says the static kill operation will get under way on monday. that's the procedure to permanently seal the well. dudley does not think any oil has leaked from the well since it was capped almost two weeks ago. once the well is sealed, it will still be a long road aload from the gulf coast. on cnn's america this morning, dudley talked about his commitment to the region. >> well, john, one thing i ...