-=> Ross Cassell wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 RC>> Did you see his suggestionthat they merely pipe liquid nitrogen
 RC>> down there to create a "ice plug"?

 DD> It has at least as much chance of working as any of the shit that BP
 DD> has thrown at the problem, so far. Do YOU have any better ideas???

 RC> If you have bothered to watch the video of the oil spewing out, it is
 RC> being agitated and aerated way too much to form a plug..

 RC> The resultant plug would have way too many holes and bubbles in it, I
 RC> would presume that other gases are being vented here.

Are you a petroleum engineer? Are you a chemical engineer? Do you know, or have
any idea about how things act under the conditions a mile under the sea? I
certainly don't. But if cryonic liquids are inserted into the well pipe via a
smaller pipe already tapped into it the resultant oil/gas/water mix would
likely freeze as solid as the methane gas/water mix in the containment dome
that BP failed with. In that case the frozen gas/water was a BAD thing. A
frozen plug in the pipe would not be ... except things have this way of
hawing.
 
 RC> Quit defending the stupid.

Who's defending anything. Do YOU have any better ideas than sitting on the
sidelines, wringing your hands and wailing "someone should do something - but,
not that!"?

ENJOY!!!

From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
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