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Reply #2: There is extreme outgoing pressure from the spurting oil..A plug cannot just be
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BrklynLiberal
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Thu May-20-10 11:42 AM
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2. There is extreme outgoing pressure from the spurting oil..A plug cannot just be |
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Edited on Thu May-20-10 11:43 AM by BrklynLiberal
inserted into the hole and be expected to stay there. It must be capable of countering the outgoing pressure...
Think of water spurting out at high pressure from a huge firehose. It could not be stopped by merely putting a "plug" into it.
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