re: #131 Fozzie Bear

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.

1. It’s a huge expense, a relief well is nothing more than a second well, and costs as much as the original well.
2. A relief well doubles the opportunity for a blow out, because it can blow out just the same as the main well.