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Old 16-October-2007, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Captain Kidd View Post
I wonder, since extracting the oil probably leaves cavities. I would think some or a lot of the "refilling" is oil being squeezed out of the cracks in the surrounding rocks. But's that's an off-the-cuff thought.
Well; one of the articles did mention that they have evidence that it is coming from below and not from the sides.

So; maybe we have a lot more underground, so, why not use it up? After all, the major byproduct is only CO2.
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