This is not a new concept BUT it has never been used this deep before. It is very risky to try but they need to try something.
The containment box is built to where more than one hose can be hooked to it because they are going to have to pump surface water down into the box and suck it and the oil back out threw another hose. The reason for this is at this depth the natural gas in the oil may freeze and clog the hose if warmer surface water is not pumped in.
You can not figure the leak by the size of the pipe. The blow out presenter did partially close and the mud cap they were installing during the accident is still in place. It is just that it is not fully closed. The leak is estimated at 5000 barrels per day and that is just a trickle of what this well could be dumping if it was running wide open.
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