—”That steam was blowing about 100 yards out before it started to rise, and you could hear the shrieking ten miles away. Geothermal stuff can be pretty impressive, but I’d rather see it from a distance.”
I retired from BP R&D and have only seen the oil patch in safety films, but have heard some fun stories.
I retired last year after 30-some years mostly in exploration and mining geology, but metals, not oil. Lots of core drilling and reverse-circulation drilling projects over the years.