This isn't funny. If your oil well starts doing this, it's actually a sign of extreme distress and you should bring it inside*!!! * under federal ownership, ensuring we plug & abandon every oil well in the U.S. and make polluters pay
Lots of old wells are suffering blowouts in the Permian www.desmog.com/2024/10/04/t... check this wild video, esp at the 1:00min mark www.tiktok.com/@hawkdunlap/...
A 1961 oil and gas well is the suspected source of a geyser eruption in the region where Permian wastewater disposal is causing a flurry of earthquakes.
fr tho, fossil fuel wells shouldn't do this if they're being maintained at a BARE MINIMUM level. No one wants this to happen who actually touches the wells for a living. This is every oil worker's nightmare in an old field. wtf.