By Henrik Palmgren | redicecreations.com

I listened again to the most recent interview of Simmons by Dylan Ratigan linked at the beginning of this thread. At time mark :48 Ratigan says, " I don't know if they're acknowledging the open hole that you are referencing." Then Simmons mentions the LA Times article and the sonar images. If the link you provided is the same article that Simmons is referencing it does not mention sonar images but gamma-ray images of the second pipe lodged in the BOP. Sonar images would not be able to do that. Simmons then goes to say that the navy needs to send a submarine to find the hole, but the LA Times article that he referenced is saying nothing about another hole or sonar imaging.

Matthew Simmons, founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, is a prominent oil-industry insider and one of the world's leading experts on the topic of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an investment banking firm catering to oil companies. In his previous capacity, he served as energy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush.

Matthew Simmons believes the Club of Rome predictions are more accurate than usually acknowledged. Simmons is an adviser to the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. He believes a careful assessment of Saudi Arabian oil reserves is the most significant issue shaping petroleum politics.

Simmons is the author of the book Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. His examination of oil reserve decline rates helped raise awareness of the unreliability of Middle East oil reserves as the published reports have never been verified.