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Sea in the gulf of mexico. well, it's a new method, it's called static kill. let me first show you what's going on under the ocean right now. let me show you that camera. as you can see, no oil flowing. this cap that has been on there since july 15th has actually been working quite effectively. but they're getting ready to try something called static kill. a little bit different than the top kill method that didn't work well over a month ago. the difference right now, of course, is when they went in to do top kill, there was still oil flowing. there isn't oil flowing right now, so what they're...

Really dean lot to prevent massic amounts of oil from getting to the wet lands and the coast. he said overall it's been a net win for the environment, but this is really going to be in dispute for months, maybe years to come. >> thank you. let's get back to the effort to permanently plug the ruptured well. we may be only a few hours away from the mud-pumping operation known as static kill. what are we about to see? >> we're about to see what we were seeing before, top kill. all the oil was pouring out. the mud couldn't go down the well like they wanted it to. top kill mean wes start from the t...

>> they tried so many things, the top kill, the top hat, the junk shot, you name it. why are they so confident this time it will do it? >> they're confident this time around, because they feel like unlike top kill, they've got that cap in place so this cup at youred well is under control, they feel at the moment. and they have been taking pressure readings, so right now, the pressure read attention -- and i don't want to bore you with the details, but the pressure readings are such that they feel like this whole ruptured well is really under control at the moment. the weather, they also said, ...

Well by the time all of these actions are finished. >> give us an idea about the risks here. there is still a chance something could go wrong? >> i think the chances are pretty minimal. they are doing a top kill and a bottom kill. i am not a petroleum biologist but people think this is standard procedure for sealing the well. rather than speculating about what could happen. >> from your perspective knowing probably as many people as you do that have been working to help clean this up. do you think once the well is capped permanent ly. >> the petroleum engineers will go about other things. they...

During a top kill or static kill procedure? we don't know that, but it sewer seems like an unnecessary risk to take. plus, there is oil going into the gulf, so i would think they would want to get that relief well finished as quickly as possible. >> and with the new ceo now, and now james lee witt signing on, does this change in personnel, adding personnel, like james lee witt, indicate that there's some kind of progress here that you think is going to get us to a better place? >> you know, i'm getting the opposite message, frankly. with this hiring of witt and announcing him today, it really ...