Patent ID: 8371373

Claim:
An apparatus for plugging one of a leaking oil well and a leaking gas well, the apparatus comprising: a stepped structure capable of being mounted over one of the leaking oil well and the leaking gas well, wherein the stepped structure comprises a plurality of structural modules arranged in a stacked form, wherein the plurality of structural modules are attached to each other using an adhesive; a pipe arrangement configured to perpendicularly pass through the plurality of structural modules, wherein the pipe arrangement is capable of extracting at least one effluent from one of the leaking oil well and the leaking gas well; and at least one pressure relief pipe protruding outwardly through each of the plurality of structural modules in a direction away from the pipe arrangement, wherein the at least one pressure relief pipe extracts the at least one effluent from one of the leaking oil well and the leaking gas well thereby reducing pressure within the stepped structure.