Comments on: Blow Out http://www.word-detective.com/2011/05/blow-out/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan Strobel http://www.word-detective.com/2011/05/blow-out/comment-page-1/#comment-19983 Susan Strobel Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:03:35 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5006#comment-19983 And don't forget "blowout" in the oil drilling sense: A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1] Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and gas from a well while drilling was common and was known as an oil gusher, gusher or wild well. And don’t forget “blowout” in the oil drilling sense:

A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1]

Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and gas from a well while drilling was common and was known as an oil gusher, gusher or wild well.

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