Oil well shooting
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
[edit]- Merle Haggard worked as an oil well shooter[3]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Oil Bulletin. 1922. pp. 404–407.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Aronowitz, Alfred G. 1968, p. 12.
References
[edit]- Aronowitz, Alfred G. (1968). "New Country Twang Hits Town". Life. Vol. 64, no. 18. Time, Inc. ISSN 0024-3019.
