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A well control company then will need to extinguish the well fire or cap the well, and replace the casing head and other surface equipment. If the flowing gas contains poisonous hydrogen sulfide , the oil operator might decide to ignite the stream to convert this to less hazardous substances.
In fighting a fire at a wellhead, typically high explosives, such as dynamite, are used to create a shockwave that pushes the burning fuel and local atmospheric oxygen away from a well. (This is a similar principle to blowing out a candle.) The flame is removed and the fuel can continue to spill out without catching fire. [3]
Also referred to as air attack. The use of aircraft in support of ground resources to combat wildfires, often most effective in initial attack in light fuels. air drop The delivery of supplies or fire retardant from the air. Supplies can be dropped by parachute, while retardant is generally released in a single drop of one or more trails, the size of which is determined by the wind and the ...
A volcanic crater is a bowl-shaped depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity, usually located above the volcano's vent. [11] During volcanic eruptions, molten magma and volcanic gases rise from an underground magma chamber, through a conduit, until they reach the crater's vent, from where the gases escape into the atmosphere and the magma is erupted as lava.
Cratering may refer to: The formation of craters. Particularly, impact craters; A reindeer digging behaviour This page was last edited on 3 ...
In fact, at the time, it had the highest head fire intensity ever recorded. [1] The fire was declared under control on June 4, 2001, [2] with a total burned area of 116,000 hectares (290,000 acres). [3] It was notable for its record-setting intensity and several research papers were conducted regarding this fire and its unique pyrocumulonimbus ...
The Head Fire is burning near the location of 2022’s McKinney Fire, which killed four people and destroyed the Klamath River community
The Head Fire was burning near the site of the McKinney Fire, which began on July 29 of last year. That fire started in the Klamath National Forest and exploded in size when a thunderstorm created ...