Filling the torpedo shell prior to shooting ?
Filling the torpedo shell prior to shooting the oil well. Nitroglycerine torpedoes were lowered into completed wells and then exploded, creating a local earthquake that broke up the rock allowing the oil to flow more freely, often causing gushers. Ca. 188
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Allowing Broke Causing Creating Derricks Drilling Earthquake Exploded Extraction Filling Flow Freely Fuels Lowered Nitroglycerine Occupational Often Petroleum Torpedo Torpedoes
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