> I had an impression that the most used method for putting out the burning oil wells is TNT You're not wrong. The technique was pioneered by Red Adair who was

> I had an impression that the most used method for putting out the burning oil wells is TNT You're not wrong. The technique was pioneered by Red Adair who was quite a famous firefighter with a speciality in blowout fires: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Adair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Adair It's worth doing a search on YouTube for videos of his "work": https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=red+adair https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=red+adair