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On to the mlrp package down there at the bottom of the gulf. we'll get in touch with bp later this morning when they get into the office to get confirmation of that. they used 67 steel joints to make that line a mile through the ocean. once that happens they're going to pull the plug that they put in temporarily for the storm, then run in some conditioning fluid to make sure the integrity is okay and kind of flush things out, then they'll start running that liner again and eventually seal it with cement. that whole process, granted, takes five to seven days so as far as a timetable for when th...

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Well go for the bottom kill. i'm told the static kill will speed the process of killing the well from the relief well at the bottom for good. they want to give that an effort. as far as oil that's been seen around the gulf of mexico, as david mattingly pointed out, it's been more difficult to find that oil. we've had that well capped now for offense nine days. skimmers have been working all along. that's certainly given folks a heads-up. bonnie the last 24 hours has really brought strong on-shore winds. there was oil just south of grand isle about 12 miles offshore, significant oil, that likel...

The oil back into the reservoir. if they can do that, they'll go forward with the static kill and hope to get that all done today. it is a lot on their plate. if not, it would slide into tomorrow. but the static kill, as you said, is a lethal injection of mud to push all that oil back down into the reservoir. and then, after that, bp would have to decide whether or not they want to pour cement down there and that's one option. no matter what happens with static kill, whether it succeeds or fails, they'll go ahead with the relief well and block it at the bottom. they say that will happen by mid...

Permanently plug that busted oil well on the floor of the gulf of mexico has hit a snag. so let's get details on that right now from michelle franzen. she is live in venice, louisiana. and with a good morning, what is it crews are dealing with right now? >> reporter: well, it's not too big of a snag. it definitely sets back the so-called static kill about a day or day and a half. certainly some sentiment or debris from the storm of this past week settled into that relief well. so they have to remove that before they can begin the process. the static kill, of course, similar to a top kill where...