I heard that they're not trying put it out, but they're trying to keep the gas contained from floating into a wide area by creating a 360 degree current toward the middle with the water pumps.
No, hence why we could assume it has a different purpose, unbeknownst to us.
Those people have been dealing with oil for decades, and there'a millions of dollars at stake; assume that they know what they're doing.
The ocean is literally on fire, maybe they don’t know what they are doing.