Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post
(Just an assumption, I've heard some pretty outrageous figures for the pressure at the wellhead....)

Because with the pressures involved it would probably blow the cap off of the pipe, making things even worse, possibly leaving them with no way at all to capture the oil.
They may be going to make things worse all on their own. FOX News just reported that BP has decided to put a bigger cap on the thing to maybe close it further. BP is saying that it will have to take the old cap back off, which means more oil gushing again, then TRY and put a new cap on, if possible.
Lord have mercy! They are going to mess around until we have a volcano of oil going non stop.