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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oklahoma Geysers - An update regarding the Pat
Snyder report of 13 Dec. 2005.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The March 2006 issue of Geotimes
(Geol. Soc. America newsletter - <A
href="http://www.geotimes.com">www.geotimes.com</A>) has an article (pages 8-9)
on the geyser development along Winter Camp Creek (formerly Dead Indian Creek)
southwest of Kingfisher, OK on 9 Dec. 2005.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Analysis of samples of the
methane from the geysers matched a sample from a new well that was drilled into
a major gas field 7-12 miles southwest of the geysers. The 9,400 foot
deep well was known to be losing gas in the interval between 1,300 - 1,700 feet
below the surface, possibly into the Garber sandstone, but more likely rising up
the outside of the casing to gypsum and salt beds in the Flower Pot Shale and
Chickasha Formation. Solution enlarged conduits in the gypsum or salt beds
could "pipeline" the gas updip to the geyser locations. Note: </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>There are numerous caves in gypsum in OK. One has about
3 miles of mapped passages.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The well was plugged with cement
and the geysers ceased to erupt (see article at <A
href="http://www.google.com/U/OKGeoSurvey?q=geysers&sa=search">www.google.com/U/OKGeoSurvey?q=geysers&sa=search</A>).
There have been several similar situation in Oklahoma and Kansas in the
past.</FONT></DIV>
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Dick Powell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>