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Top kill or rather the static kill operation and long-term well into august they'll be working on the bottom kill operation, the procedure where they'll kill out the well all together if all goes as planned. it is a bit of getting back to normal. i can tell you that they did take advantage of the situation, it was a great dress rehearsal because it is going to be an active tropical season, we've seen two named storms, i'm sure there will be others. the gulf of mexico is a launching pad for many of the storms, a place where they energize and strengthen considerably. thankfully it didn't happen ...

Static kill, and here is how it works. >> as you can see, the well is flowing from the top, and when the well is flowing, you can't do a static kill, because when you inject mud into the well, the mud is blown out into the ocean. to do a static kill, you have to have the apparatus at the top to control the flow. the brown area simulates mud. the blue area simulates the ocean. this is the primary well, and this is a cap and stack which are a series of controlling the flow. this is called a static kill operation, because there is no flow of the well. we are going to kill the well by putting mud ...

Tourism because they know the main bulk of the summer tourism is already lost. they have to do all they can to recover. they're hoping this ad campaign right now can help them build up again a little bit from some of their losses this summer. wolf? >> thank you. once the weather improves in the gulf of mexico, bp plans to move ahead with what's called the static kill operation. we're going to show you how the procedure to permanently seal the ruptured well might work. new insight into how a south korean war ship was sunk. stand by for some gripping video we've now received of a ship blown ...

Static kill operation, meaning heavy mud's going to be pumped into the blowout preventer, forcing the oil back beneath the sea floor. but as chad myers told us earl yes, there's this threat of extreme weather in the next couple of days and if that happens operations could be put on hold. now, the only way to accurately determine the company's liability in all of this is to measure the flow rate, how much oil actually poured out of that well. now, the only way we can know that is by measuring it. and scientists say there are ways to get the flow rate now but we just can't get a straight answer ...

They haven't decided to do that. i expect the static kill operation has been postponed or will be postponed due to this incoming weather. right now, it is nice. breezy, choppy, that makes skimming difficult at times. you know what, i can tell you this. i had an experience with some skimming. i had the opportunity to embed with a coast guard cutter just a couple of weeks ago doing some hardcore skimming 20 miles south of here. here is what some of that experience was like. >> we're just going to spin with the thrusters and keep the right rudder on. >> reporter: working a vacuum right now. the o...