Engineering:Oil well shooting
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Oil well shooting is a method of increasing production of an oil well by removing obstructions to drilling, straightening crooked holes, preventing water penetration, and/or increase the flow of oil. [1] Prior to 1910, a shell, made of dynamite and a sheet metal casing were lowered into a well and detonated by a blasting cap with a fuse.[2] By 1918, the practice had evolved to use blasting gelatin, a mixture of nitroglycerin, guncotton and wood pulp.[2]
Notable professionals
- Merle Haggard worked as an oil well shooter[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Oil Bulletin. 1922. pp. 404–407. https://books.google.com/books?id=P5NNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA404.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kerwin, M. J. (1918). "Methods and Reasons for Oil Well Shooting". Summary of Operations; Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor (California Division of Oil and Gas, California Division of Mines): 82. https://books.google.com/books?id=xANIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA82.
- ↑ Aronowitz, Alfred G. 1968, p. 12.
References
- Aronowitz, Alfred G. (1968). "New Country Twang Hits Town". Life (Time, Inc.) 64 (18). ISSN 0024-3019.
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