[Neidermeyer]

The relief wells will take the pressure off of the oil in the original drillhole , at that time they can pump in mud , cement , skittles or teddy bears ,, it’ll all go in easy. As I see it the only thing that might work faster would be the other BP plan of cutting off the pipe and dropping a new (working) BOP on top.

[ZX12R]

The relief wells will take the pressure off of the oil in the original drillhole , at that time they can pump in mud , cement , skittles or teddy bears ,, it’ll all go in easy. As I see it the only thing that might work faster would be the other BP plan of cutting off the pipe and dropping a new (working) BOP on top.

I think that is the plan, when they finally give up on the top-kill/junk-shot effort. To cut off the bent riser tube where the leaking fissures are, then bolt a working BOP on top of the malfunctioning one.

[a real Sheila]

why haven’t they already tried that?