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2. Lost Hills Oil Field - Wikipedia

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   Lost Hills Oil Field. Coordinates: 35°36′57.19″N 119°43′28.94″W. The Lost Hills Oil Field in the San Joaquin Valley of central California. Other oil fields are shown in gray. The Lost Hills Oil Field is a large oil field in the Lost Hills Range, north of the town of Lost Hills in western Kern County, California, in the United States .

3. Blowout (well drilling) - Wikipedia

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   Blowout (well drilling) The Lucas Gusher at Spindletop, Texas (1901) 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] Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent such an occurrence. An accidental spark during a blowout can lead to a ...

4. Cameron ram-type blowout preventer - Wikipedia

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   The Cameron ram-type blowout preventer was the first successful blowout preventer (BOP) for oil wells. It was developed by James S. Abercrombie and Harry S. Cameron in 1922. [1] [2] The device was issued U.S. patent 1,569,247 on January 12, 1926. [3] The blowout preventer was designated as a Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 2003.

5. Toys R Us could close all 800 of its US stores — and blowout ...

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   Toys R Us is preparing to potentially close all of its US stores as part of a liquidation, according to several reports.. Blowout clearance sales at its roughly 800 stores could begin within a ...

6. East L.A. walkouts - Wikipedia

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   The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. The first walkout occurred on March 5, 1968. The students who organized and carried out the protests were primarily concerned with the quality of their education.

7. Blowout, Texas - Wikipedia

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   The origin of the name "Blowout" is reported to be due to a bat guano explosion, when ammonia and other gases built up inside the cave and lightning struck its mouth. The cave was named Blowout Cave and was located on the east side of the creek and was home to 1,000 bats. There is little trace of the community today, as only several scattered ...