Show Knee-Deep Knee in Crude f Canadian Oil Gusher Continues Rampage LEDUC Alberta Cana Canada a May 14 Crude P P Crude oil ran knee deep across the at Leduc Friday as Atlantic Cos No o. o 3 well continued its rampage uncontrolled trolled Bulldozers drilling derricks pumps and pipe lines are being utilized to draw off the inch 18 deep virgin crude oil The entire field of ot 60 wells has been closed by the provincial government government gov gov- so that oil lines can concentrate concentrate concentrate con con- on drawing away the wild gushers gusher's flow Leduc most promising of Albertas Alberta's Alberta's Albertas Albertas Alberta's Al Al- bertas berta's oil fields is pockmarked with volcano-like volcano craters from which gas and nd oil bubble over a acre 10 area Bulldozers are gouging earthen pits In the prairie land to hold the thick green liquid one liquid one of the largest completed holds bar bar- Pumps are sending other thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of barrels through the seven-mile seven Imperial Oil pipe li line e eto to the railhead at Nisku Between and barrels of oil daily are gushing from the grou ground d and an estimated cubic feet of gas is escaping each day There are three important considerations con con- fire fire hazard wastage of oil and depletion of stores of ot natural gas which force torce oil to the surface The depletion of ot the natural gas gu an official explained might f aft the entire field seriously Y The first stage of the fi f an attempt to clean out Atha Atlantic tie i No drill hole and return t to normal p production S SA I A lake lako of mud an anti ana 1 oil f i t in diameter has been formed farmed W Wa lut jUit a few yards from the wellhead by the wild gushing that bubbles three feet wide 10 feet b fore bursting i 1 Belond this main crater oil olli II is oozing from the ground as far tar a u as half a mile from the well and fo fh an area of ot 40 acres the natural gas breaking through the oU oil soaked mud looks like heavy rt relit rabi on a a. still lake 1 |