Here is what you do.

Thread the pipe below the leak maybe 10 feet. Cut the pipe above the thread. place a pipe that fits the thread on the outside of the spraying pipe (if this is difficult, they have pipes that will clamp onto the ouside of the pipe). Turn off the cutoff valve in the new pipe.

I find it ridiculous to believe that this can't be handled in this manner.


There are also fuses from the military that will cut right through the pipe in seconds. Cut the pipe about 3000 feet down. cut the pipe there and the ground pressure should fill in blocking the oil flow.



Originally thought the nuke idea was a good one. You do that, end of story for several of the states due to massive tital wave. Texas and Florida would be wiped off the face of the earth.