From that point, it will take another few days to permanently seal the well with mud and cement from below in what's called a "bottom kill" procedure.

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Allen said that would push the interception date -- which had been expected Thursday or Friday -- to sometime between Sunday and next Tuesday, weather permitting, at which point crews could begin the "bottom kill" procedure to permanently cement the well.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

And following the intersection of the well bore with those relief wells, they will put heavy mud down there to suppress the pressure of the oil coming up from the reservoir, put a cement plug in and effectively do what I would call a bottom kill, as opposed to the top kill, which was not successful a couple of weeks ago.

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The bottom line is that eating a Hudson or East River fish once in a while probably won't kill you.

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