>(the title is for Jake since he claims they are our friends)..

Friendship has no bearing. BP provides goods and services which are demanded by the developed world.

>http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/04/gulf.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T1
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>So BP is still trying to cap the well?
>They haven't tried yet - they only have been trying to find a way to keep oil flowing to their refineries.

They've attempted a couple techniques to cap the well which have failed due to ice formation and the pressure of the flow. Now they are trying to limit the oil flowing into the Gulf by directing it to a tanker until the pressure can be lowered by the two planned relief wells.

>If they were serious, they would have used the Soviet/Russian method to cap a well - an in-ground explosion near the wellhead will shift the floor and close it permanently. Of course, they won't get to keep siphoning off oil to sell.

Ah yes, just nuke it like the Russians.
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0504/russian-paper-suggests-nuclear-explosion-cut-gulf-oil-geyser/

Except that is not an option for BP.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/us/03nuke.html

>Meanwhile, the damage in the gulf will be catastrophic.

Agreed. You'd think we'd have a contingency plan for just this sort of thing...see Message# 1467370