> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Bill O'Connor <billyoc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> ...The only way to stop the oil is the bottom kill
>> technique, and, in a hilarious sidebar, that technique
>> almost never works.
>
> This article is pretty interesting:
>
> http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6573#more
>
> These guys seem to know a lot about drilling oil wells; at least they
> know more than I do. They aren't as pessimistic about the likelihood
> of success with relief wells as you are.
Thank you for this, and I must apologize for seeming pessimistic, I meant that the technique almost never works the first time or two. The statistics you provide seem to bear that out. The relief wells *will* stop the flow of oil, only because they'll never stop drilling them until the flow stops.
-- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor