Broken Oil Well Creates 100-Foot Toxic Geyser in West Texas

A gas well erupted in rural West Texas, shooting a mixture of water and oil over 100 feet in the air as a result.

Last One There is a Rotten Egg!

The telltale sign that something was wrong? Rotten eggs.

That's right, hydrogen sulfide gas emits a highly unpleasant scent of rotten eggs, something smelled over two miles downwind of the eruption just west of Toyah, TX.

According to the global-warming-misinformation-debunking organization, DeSmog (say that three times fast...), the oil well was over 60 years old, having been first installed in 1961.

Who's the Culprit?

Texas Railroad Commission candidate Hawk Dunlap told DeSmog that pinpointing the exact cause of the eruption can be extremely difficult since that area of West Texas has a history of earthquakes.

This area of oil production has a whopping 23 million barrels of water injected into the ground each day: a common cause for minor seismic activities.

Dunlap also told DeSmog that he thinks the well has actually been leaking for quite some time before it finally gave way. The water-oil mixture could have actually come from a variety of sources, Dunlap continued.

The well dives down to 11,000 feet below ground, passing through oil and gas production zones, wastewater injection and other water deposits that could all be suspects for the eruption.

Why is it so Dangerous?

The liquid mixture that was spewing out of the well up to 100-feet high was highly toxic to humans.

Water, salt, crude oil and hydrogen sulfide were all shot up in the mixture, making it nearly impossible to even approach.

The fun part about all of this? Nobody could even find out who owned the well! They still don't know for sure who is ultimately responsible.

You can read the report for yourself and build an opinion towards the topic on the DeSmog website.