The entire Gulf of Mexico will be covered in crude.



I have an idea....probably crazy but....
A small intense long burn thermonuclear device detonated in the bedrock in a hole drilled parallel and close to the original shaft.
This may be enough to melt bedrock to magma and re-harden just long enough to seal this sucker off. The initial blast wave would push both upward and downward on the existing shaft.....what possible side effects could this have?

Previous devices tested in this fashion created a hollow area with smooth sealed walls....

Or am I out in left field here...