Iron County Record | 1914-01-30 | Page 10 | Novel Method of Closing "Wild" Gas Well

B NOVEL METHO D OF CLOS- B ING "WILT ) GAS WELL Mwaaikat H . A gas weM lni Louisiana that TMm had run wild for sjx years and fflm . had been wastfn s from 10.000.- Wm 000 to 20.000.QJD' ) cu. ft. of gas a Pj day durirj? that , period was sue fajgffl cessfully close- 1 recently by o mm method tht " probably unique Mm n th n'8tW of the gas indus- MS ' tr' A re,ie i ell was first bored !Sf close to the q1 dwell, and to the 'm . same depth. Water and uud mm were frcedli( (own the relief well mm under ,,eaV air pressure until W$i the ffas 8trfttl Jm was choked and iMfM , tho flow o gas shut off. The Mm ' oId well, w blch had irade a EM crater 225jft . in diameter and 50 WjW. , deep, wa i then permanently Wmi closed with concrete. From the mjm February J dumber of Popular H Mechanics; A' fagazinc, j LILLaL.