You are correct. Explosives only put out the flames....the well is not capped off. Flames are put out first so that the workers can go in and cap the well
But Red Adair etc....in the popular mind these guys cap the well with explosives
45 posted on 05/22/2010 9:27:57 AM PDT by dennisw
(The falser the prophet the more mentally deranged the adherents)