Plugging Abandoned Wells

Following is a video presentation report on plugging abandoned oil and gas wells in Ohio. These unplugged wells can harm the environment. Abandoned wells can be dangerous because of gas leaks that could cause explosions. Moreover underground water aquifers can also get contaminated with well fluids. Therefore plugging abandoned wells is absolutely essential.

How bad can a blowout get?

The damage caused by blowouts varies for different types of wells. However, gas wells generally are high pressure wells and so pose the greatest risk of a blowout. Moreover if the gas catches fire than it can bring even greater devastation. The video below gives a good idea of how devastating blowouts can become.



P.S. the music is not too bad either!

Blowouts - dangerous but spectacular at the same time

Theoretically speaking, a blow out is the ncontrolled flow of gas, oil, or other well fluids from a well during drilling due to formation pressure exceeding the pressure exerted by the column of drilling mud. Physically however, a blowout appears as a devastating gush of formation fluid (along with drilling mud), creating a spectacular jet of pressurized fluid.