This is the transcript of National Incident Commander Thad Allen's briefing with reporters July 29 on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The transcript was ditributed by the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center. Thad Allen: Thank you, Megan. Let me give you a quick operational update and then I'd like to discuss the meeting I had this morning with Governor Jindal and the Louisiana Parish presidents. We continue to make good progress towards both the static kill and the bottom relief well. We look to be laying the casing line into the relief well later on this evening and cementing that. That will set the stage for us to move on with the static kill which will be pumping the mud and then the cement in through the top of the well. I briefed you in the past that that was scheduled to take place tentatively next Monday. There is a chance that schedule could be accelerated but it's going to depend on how successful they are and how efficient they are in laying the casing and moving forward. The pressure in the wellhead is up to 6,951 PSI. It continues to exhibit all of the characteristics of a well with integrity. We ...
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