Since drilling a relief well seems to be the only solution, here's a plan:

[JBoy]

Obama announce a contest - whoever is first to drill a relief well that cuts off the spilling gets $10 billion. From BP.

Maybe Chevron, Exxon or somebody can drill faster.


Drill faster, baby, faster!

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Did Chimp & Cheney kill all of Saddam Hussein's "slant drilling" experts?

Maybe they can figure out a way to get into this oil pocket without punching another goddamn hole in the earth underneath the gulf?

[FarCenter]

2. Maybe we should bring in the Norwegians

The list of all subsea deepwater drilling services companies :

Transocean - the world's largest offshore well services drilling company
Contact: , Phone: [phone], Fax:
Houston, USA, America(North)
www.deepwater.com

Diamond Offshore - leading deepwater offshore subsea well drilling contractor
Contact: , Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]
Houston, USA, America(North)
www.diamondoffshore.com

Pride International - is one of the world's largest offshore drilling companies with an increasing focus on deepwater and other high-specification drilling services
Houston, USA, America(North)

Seadrill - drilling rigs and ships for well services
Oslo, NORWAY, Europe(North)

Stena Drilling - independent well drilling services contractors
Aberdeen, SCOTLAND, Europe(North)

Atwood Oceanics Inc - international offshore drilling, and related support
Houston, USA, America(North)

Fred. Olsen Energy - a leading provider drilling and well services
Oslo, NORWAY, Europe(North)

Frontier Drilling AS - an independent supplier of drilling and production services for the oil industry
Bergen, NORWAY, Europe(North)

Noble Corporation - one of the largest offshore drilling contractors in the world today
Sugar Land, USA, America(North)

Ocean Rig ASA - the world’s largest and most modern drilling rigs, built for ultra deep water and extreme weather conditions
Stavanger, NORWAY, Europe(North)

Petrolia Drilling ASA - owns and charters drilling vessels for offshore, deepwater oil and gas exploration and development drilling
Oslo, NORWAY, Europe(North)

PetroMena AS - Ultra deepwater 6th generation drilling rigs
Paradis, Norway, Europe(North)

SeaDragon Offshore Ltd - a new owner and operator of semi-submersible rigs
George Town, Cayman Islands, America(South)

Smedvig asa - is a leading offshore drilling and well services contractor
Stavanger, NORWAY, Europe(North)

[customerserviceguy]

3. Being as there are already two in progress

which have an enormous head start, I don't think anyone's going to take you up on that offer.

The relief wells will work, and after the oil is stopped, we can make true progress in the cleanup. And the bill will be shoved onto BP, they have enough assets in the US that we can seize after a judgment is entered and all appeals are exhausted.

[Vincardog]

4. we can seize their assets NOW and return after a judgment is entered and all appeals are exhausted...

[customerserviceguy]

5. We can do something like that

We can file court cases in every jurisdiction where they have significant assets, and then file a document known as a lis pendens in every county records bureau, that will act as a hold on anything they've got, so they can't sell it.

It's remarkable what the law already has the ability to do, if only we have effective people using it.