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Shallow gas presents a major worldwide problem to the drilling industry. The records show that approximately one third of all blowouts have been caused by shallow gas. This proportion is equally applicable over the recent past. During the period June 1988 to June 1989 shallow gas was responsible for four of the twelve blowouts that occurred. Fifteen people were killed in three of the four shallow gas blowouts. Drilling rigs were lost in all four incidents.
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Prince, P.K. (1990). Current Drilling Practice and the Occurrence of Shallow Gas. In: Ardus, D.A., Green, C.D. (eds) Safety in Offshore Drilling. Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshore Engineering, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0669-3_1
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