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  2. Oil well fire - Wikipedia

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    Oil well fires are oil or gas wells that have caught on fire and burn. They can be the result of accidents, arson, or natural events, such as lightning. They can exist on a small scale, such as an oil field spill catching fire, or on a huge scale, as in geyser-like jets of flames from ignited high pressure wells. A frequent cause of a well fire ...

  3. Kuwaiti oil fires - Wikipedia

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    Smoke plumes from a few of the Kuwaiti Oil Fires on April 7, 1991, as seen from Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-37. [1] [2]The Kuwaiti oil fires were caused by the Iraqi military setting fire to a reported 605 to 732 oil wells along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas, such as oil lakes and fire trenches while retreating from Kuwait in 1991 due to the advances of US-led ...

  4. Glossary of oilfield jargon - Wikipedia

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    Water Transfer: The act of moving water from one location to another either to support drilling and completion activity when a well is being made or to remove flowback and produced water after the well has been made and oil and gas begin flowing back. Well logging: The practice of making a detailed record (well log) of the geologic formations ...

  5. Oil well control - Wikipedia

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    1904 oil well fire at Bibi-Eibat (near Baku, Azerbaijan). Oil well control is one of the most important aspects of drilling operations. Improper handling of kicks in oil well control can result in blowouts with very grave consequences, including the loss of valuable resources and also lives of field personnel. Even though the cost of a blowout ...

  6. Blowout (well drilling) - Wikipedia

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    Myron M. Kinley was a pioneer in fighting oil well fires and blowouts. He developed many patents and designs for the tools and techniques of oil firefighting. His father, Karl T. Kinley, attempted to extinguish an oil well fire with the help of a massive explosion—a method still in common use for fighting oil fires.

  7. Top kill - Wikipedia

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    A top kill is a procedure used as a means of regaining control over an oil well that has been producing or is experiencing well control issues with crude oil or natural gas in the well. It is not a procedure where control has been lost over the well, like a blowout. The process involves pumping heavyweight drilling mud into the well.

  8. Category:Oilfield terminology - Wikipedia

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    Oil well dog house; Oil well fire; Glossary of oilfield jargon; Onshore (hydrocarbons) Operations readiness and assurance; P. Petrology; Pipe drift; Pipe rack; Possum ...

  9. Category:Types of fire - Wikipedia

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    This category includes different kinds of fire. For individual fire events by type, ... Oil well fire; P. Pool fire; R. Rollover (fire) S. Structure fire; T. Tire ...