BP: What reason do we have to believe the second hole won't blow?

[darxus]

Since I heard that BP's long term solution to the oil leak, which was going to take until August, involve drilling a second hole, I've wanted to know:

What reason is there to believe the second hole won't blow?


(Also, why don't they put an upside down funnel over the hole, with a valve at the top, and anchor it with cables?)

Comments

[temalyen.livejournal.com]

Here's what I'm worried about, regardless of what happens with the relief well: There are concerns that the entire thing is sort of like a hose with holes in it. We don't see much coming out of other breaks because the main leak hasn't been stopped yet. Once that's plugged, pressure will build up and new leaks will form. I can't remember who showed me this article, but I don't think it was you.

There's also concern the is going to release methane gas bubble and cause an extinction event. http://is.gd/dntZt I have no idea how reliable any of those sources are so I'm not overly concerned about it, but it's one of those things that sounds semi-believable if you don't know anything about geology, which is my situation. (Sort of like how the "moon landing is a hoax" theories sound plausible if you don't know anything about the actual moon landing.)

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I posted that to so_very_doomed yesterday.

I think you may be getting carried away with your is.gd usage. That url is mostly the article's descriptive title, and you could have spent about as much time typing up a link to it which would allow me to hover over the link to see what site I would be going to. Which I like to see.