And this is all having to be done by robot submersibles... Controlled by people that might be rockin and rolling on the surface. Pretty amazing. Amazingly difficult. I wonder how many of these things have run into each other or have gone out of commision. BP is not giving a lot up.

Its possible that we might not want to drill wells 1 mile deep anymore if we cannot fix them. On the other hand, this is a huge experiment that will get some answers. Just wish it all had never happened. Its like having a well on Mars.

This is an interesting simple view of all that has been tried so far...
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...am.html?ref=us

This says nothing about using heaters, just warmer seawater and methane (did they mean methanol, I thought methane was hydrating forming the crystals? more methane solves the problem?)