Well, the leak is one mile below the surface of the water. We can't surive down there, much less get out a set of plumbing wrenches and fix it. They've tried several attempts to fix it. Problem is, oil is lighter than water, and as long as there is a pipe sticking down into the underground resivours, it will keep floating up. And, at such a pressure, they can't exactly cap it like a soda bottle.
Out of curiosity, if an earthquake had opened up the Earth and ruptured one of these underground resivours, who would we blame the leak on? It'd be much bigger than 6" wide then.
Are you an oil engeineer offering suggestions?
Out of curiosity, if an earthquake had opened up the Earth and ruptured one of these underground resivours, who would we blame the leak on? It'd be much bigger than 6" wide then.