Well see what is the ultimate solution is. So far I haven’t seen any mind numbing solutions being tried or proposed yet. All I see is a bunch of bureaucrats and naysayers sitting around doing next to nothing other than waiting for the relief wells to reach their target. What if they don’t work???
The 2-mile-deep exploratory well, Ixtoc I, blew out on June 3, 1979 in the Bay of Campeche off Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico. By the time the well was brought under control in March, 1980, an estimated 140 million gallons of oil had spilled into the bay.
The Ixtoc 1 Oil leak was caused by a blowout , as with the Deepwater Horizon Spill. As with the current case, attempts were made on ixtoc to (a) cap the well with a kind of steel hat, (b) place cement and glass beads into the well and (c) drill relief wells into the leaking well. Only (c) was ultimately successful. The Ixtoc 1 well released Oil for approximately 10 months. BP is currently in phase (b) with Deepwater Horizon. A relief well is projected to be finished in August.