Looks like dad was thinking "Why did I agree to do this?"
I was thinking about ways to cure this. How about making a pressure vessel and surrounding the well head, sinking the vessel into the seabed. Then have a disc at the top on the outside of 4 foot round, and the inside of the disc 6 inches around. The oil would continue to flow until pressure was reduced in the vessel allowing the entire weight of the ocean to push against the 4 foot area of the disc vs the 6 inch area that the oil would be forcing against,sealing it. Then perhaps dumping tons of concrete or something over it when done. Im trying to remember what its called..differential pressure principle I think.
No Im not going on Fox lol