[E-Revonut]

I haven't seen all the news coverage on this and I haven't heard all the proposed ideas that have been deemed unlikely to work. So I don't know just how possible this idea is or why they haven't tried it yet. I know they can weld underwater as well as cut metal. I'm aware they have cut the pipe back so I would hope they cut back to a good solid piece so that any further repairs would be strong. Why can't they slide a pice over the pipe, new piece would have an ID just slightly larger than the OD of the current pipe. The new larger diameter piece could be pre-fitted with a valve that is left open for the time being, this way the preasure of the oil wouldn't prevent the pice from being slid over it. With the new piece slid over and the valve open, weld the pieces together. Once they are certain that the weld is solid, close the valve and then put a permanent cap on it!

To me this seems logical and should work.