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Be for six to 48 hours, ended up running for two weeks. and then we started hearing about the static kill, where they wanted to try to kill the well from the top again. so that actually started this morning after a lot of discussion about whether that's actually the right thing to do, and it's one that i actually disagree with what they're doing right now. >> what happened with the relief wells that have been portrayed until the last few days, as the ultimate solution. no matter what else you did, if you got those relief wells, you would be sure that this thing would be mastered? >> this is th...

Running for two weeks. and then we started hearing about the static kill, where they wanted to try to kill the well from the top again. so that actually started this morning after a lot of discussion about whether that's actually the right thing to do, and it's one that i actually disagree with what they're doing right now. >> what happened with the relief wells that have been portrayed until the last few days, as the ultimate solution. no matter what else you did, if you got those relief wells, you would be sure that this thing would be mastered? >> this is the one thing i just don't understa...

Test, that ran for, supposed to be for 6 to 48 hours, end up ranniran i running for six week. and then we started hearing about the static kill, where they wanted to try to kill the well from the top again. this actually started this morning after this discussion about whether that's actually the right thing to do, one that i actually disagree, what they're doing right now. >> what happened with the relief wells that have been portraying until the last few days, as the ultimate solution. no matter what else you did, if you got those relief wells, you would be sure that this thing would be mast...

They hope to have that test finished within the hour. they'll take a couple of hours to look at the data, and sometime this afternoon start the data kill process, which involves pumping heavy mud down into the well and pump it from the top and seal it off. they're going to start very slow slowly, a barrel or two a minute. they think it will take a 6 1rks 63 hours to get it all down into the mud. but they do hope to know well before that whether it's working. there's some debate as to what working means. bp thinks it could be the final solution. the relief well would be to verify that the stati...

Morning and called it the ultimate diagnostic test because it should give them the clearest indication of just what kind of condition that well is in. they'll be watching the pressure readings very, very carefully, and if they get any indication along this, andrea, that there is a problem, they will stop the static kill immediately. and then they will go back to the relief well. they still are going to do the relief well, no matter whether or not static kill works or not because that is the ultimate solution. >> all right. anne thompson in a very hot gulf area. thanks so much for joining us by...