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2. Blowout (well drilling) - Wikipedia

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   The blowout caused the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, a mobile offshore drilling platform owned by Transocean and under lease to BP at the time of the blowout. While the exact volume of oil spilled is unknown, as of June 3, 2010 [update] , the United States Geological Survey Flow Rate Technical Group has placed the estimate at between ...

3. Port San Antonio - Wikipedia

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   Port San Antonio is home to large operations by The Boeing Company, StandardAero, Chromalloy and Knight Aerospace.These firms and others employ technicians who specialize in engine testing, aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), the development of air transport modules and high-tech aircraft painting and de-painting, among other services.

4. Spindletop - Wikipedia

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   At a depth of 645 feet (200 m), they adopted eighteen-hour shifts for continuous operations, drilling during the day, and keeping circulation going at night, to prevent a gas blowout. In early December, they hit a pocket of coarse water sand, when they adopted another innovation, mixing mud into the water which prevented the "heavier" water ...

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6. Blowout preventer - Wikipedia

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   Two categories of blowout preventer are most prevalent: ram and annular. BOP stacks frequently utilize both types, typically with at least one annular BOP stacked above several ram BOPs. Blowout preventers are used on land wells, offshore rigs, and subsea wells. Land and subsea BOPs are secured to the top of the wellbore, known as the wellhead.

7. Blowout, Texas - Wikipedia

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   It began to grow into a community as more settlers arrived and moved upstream. The origin of the name "Blowout" is reported to be due to a bat guano explosion, when ammonia and other gases built up inside the cave and lightning struck its mouth. The cave was named Blowout Cave and was located on the east side of the creek and was home to 1,000 ...

8. Aliso Canyon gas leak - Wikipedia

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   Aliso Canyon SS 25 wellhead, December 17, 2015. Note subsidence craters at center, apparently from the attempts to plug the leaking well. The Aliso Canyon gas leak (also called Porter Ranch gas leak [1] and Porter Ranch gas blowout [2]) was a massive methane leak in the Santa Susana Mountains near the neighborhood of Porter Ranch in the city of Los Angeles, California.

9. Lakeview Gusher - Wikipedia

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   The Lakeview Gusher was an eruption of hydrocarbons from a pressurized oil well in the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in Kern County, California, in 1910.Caused by a blowout, it created the largest accidental oil spill in history, lasting 18 months and releasing an estimated 9 million barrels (1.4 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of crude oil.