On Jan 16, 11:40=A0pm, John <themast...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jan 15, 4:37=A0pm, Robert Martinu <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Search for Panhandle-Hugoton, or the names on their own.
>
> >http://www.physorg.com/news118491348.html
> > would be a reference to the field thats far away from certain creative
> > theories.
>
> >http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/do***ents/2003/sorenson/index.htm
> > offers some in depth information about the whole "inexplainable"
> > pressure deviations.
>
> Thanks, although now I'm worried about the helium.
Even if an appropriate mixture of air and natural gas formed
in the geologic structures described, and an ignition source
was available, no explosion would take place.
Natural gas doesn't occur in vast underground cavities. It is
in the ****e space of solid rock. For an explosion to occur,
a flame front has to propagate through the gas, with the
currently burning gas heating up adjacent gas enough to
ignite.
The rock - which forms the overwhelming majority of the
mass in gas bearing rock - simply has too much heat
capacity to allow this to happen. It's like a Davy safety
lamp, where a simple wire gauze prevents the flame
from propagating in a mine.
Peter Trei
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