Well to spew oil for 25-30 years at 120,000 bpd if not imploded
Simmons: Undersea oil 'lake' may be covering 40% of Gulf; Relief well will fail, Bloomberg, June 15, 2010:
Matt Simmons: The best reports all have come from the Thomas Jefferson, which is America's largest research vessel, which got directed on June 6... [to] get to where this enormous fire was coming that was miles away from the riser. ...
But more importantly, they are almost certain, because of the lack of being able to detect where the well bore was, because they couldn't get within 3 miles of it, there was too much fire, there was no metal there, so -- the casing is gone. ...
We either are content with saying, we'll just put 120,000 barrels in the Gulf for the next 25-30 years or we have to detonate it. ...
Simmons Says Nuclear Device Only Option to Stop Oil Leak: Video
