re: #62 reine.de.tout

This is the first relief well needed in the gulf since the 1970’s.

The last one was off the coast of Mexico.

This is the first relief well needed to stop an already leaking well. There should be relief wells drilled before extraction on every offshore well, until or unless tech can be developed to reliably stop gushers such as this.

It’s a small expense relative to the cost of failure.