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
