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Filling the torpedo shell prior to shooting the oil well. Nitroglycerine torpedoes were lowered into...

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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. c. 1880
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c. 1880 AD (C19th AD)
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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. 1880

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