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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·9 hours agoDevil’s advocate says: 5000 ft is probably below groundwater level. But tbh idk. Hell, they could even use spent oil reservoirs.
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 hours ago use spent oil reservoirs Ok, that lead to some giggles thinking about some company drilling in the future thinking they were about to hit a strangely untapped oil field. Add a hundred years of methane pressure build up and that could be really interesting gusher.
Devil’s advocate says: 5000 ft is probably below groundwater level. But tbh idk. Hell, they could even use spent oil reservoirs.
Ok, that lead to some giggles thinking about some company drilling in the future thinking they were about to hit a strangely untapped oil field.
Add a hundred years of methane pressure build up and that could be really interesting gusher.