A man who dug a 70m-deep hole in search of his own personal water supply struck a huge natural gas reserve instead.
Sanya Sanyasiri, 41, was convinced if he went deep enough he’d find groundwater he could tap into for his car repair workshop in Thailand.
He also fancied having his own private water supply in Mae Sot district in western Thailand.
But after getting down to 70m he noticed gas was streaming out of the hole, and had to insert a pipe to fill it up again.
Curious by his discovery, Sanya took it to the next level and decided to capture his new find in a plastic bag.
No longer satisfied with just filling the bag with gas, he thought he’d test if it was flammable by setting it alight.
He then discovered the gas was under high pressure (oops) and had put a special valve on to stop it flooding into the workshop.
According to Bangkokpost.com officials conducted tests on the gas and reported that trapped samples burned with a clear blue flame.
The burning gas could boil water in five minutes and fry an egg faster than ordinary cooking gas.
Authorities have asked Sanya to move the gas pipeline, which was in the middle of his garage, to a safer spot to prevent a possible fire.
They’ve collected samples for further examination, but density checks revealed it is probably methane.
HARM on Wed, 10th Jun 2015 9:51 pm
Good thing Sanya’s business is in Thailand. If he found gas on “his” property in the U.S., he would almost certainly NOT have the mineral rights to it –and one of oil companies could evict him from his own property to extract it.
clueless on Wed, 10th Jun 2015 11:54 pm
US will invade this via war, or China will declare this country a part of their territory if there’s more than enough to fill up both countries’ reserve deficit.
Joke of the day peeps !!!
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Plantagenet on Thu, 11th Jun 2015 1:03 am
I think he drilled into the local gas main.
GregT on Thu, 11th Jun 2015 1:47 am
In other news from the Metro:
Man digging dog loo in garden discovers ‘image of Jesus on rock’
http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/02/man-digging-dog-loo-in-garden-discovers-image-of-jesus-on-rock-5007770/#ixzz3cjXPoUQM
But of course planter, once again, doesn’t have two functioning brain cells to rub together.
dolanbaker on Thu, 11th Jun 2015 2:21 am
“Gaslands” anyone!
rockman on Thu, 11th Jun 2015 6:44 am
“If he found gas on “his” property in the U.S., he would almost certainly NOT have the mineral rights to it –and one of oil companies could evict him from his own property to extract it.”
Apparently you must live in a different f*cking “U.S.” then I do. LOL. First, it’s very common for the surface owners in the US to also own the mineral rights. Second, surface owners in the US that don’t own the mineral rights don’t get “evicted” because of the mineral owner developing his assets. In fact, in Texas it’s just the opposite: in such cases the surface owner not only has the right to restrict to some degree how such development activities are conducted on his property he will also receive some financial compensation.
And if you’re a property owner that never wants a well drill on his property there’s a simple solution: buy the mineral rights along with the surface rights. Of course depending on where it is those mineral rights might costs several times as much per acre as the surface rights.
As mentioned before regarding all the bullshit and outright lies about contaminating fresh water aquifers with NG there are vast areas in this country where oil and NG occur naturally in the shallow section. In fact some of the early and very large oil/NG fields discovered in Texas were made by folks drilling for water. See “Waggoner Ranch” if interested. And just 2 years ago the Rockman discovered a 20’ think column on NG at 46’ below ground level in one of his wells. The pressure is too low for it to be produced commercially. But hundreds of fresh water wells in this area have NG in them. And have produced hundreds of $millions in revenue. Just as large areas of PA has shallow NATURALLY OCCURING NG where the Marcellus in being developed. So yes: there is a sh*tload of NG in the aquifers where they are frac’ng. And has been for millions of years before the frac’ng began.
buddavis on Thu, 11th Jun 2015 7:31 am
HARM
Rockman was correct but I will add a little more. The mineral ownership of every acre in the US is in the Clerk of Court records in the local County/Parish courthouse. So when you buy property, you have the ability to determine if the minerals go with the surface or not. You can be an informed buyer.
In oil/gas producing states there is well established mineral law laying out the rights and obligations of both the surface owner and mineral owner. Try to drill a well on a permanent dwelling. Not going to be permitted.
The irony of your statement is that in every other country BUT the US, the minerals are owned by the state and when you have state owned oil companies, the surface owners rights usually take a back seat, and they have less rights than they would in the US. But don’t let that stop you from an opportunity to slam domestic producers and operators.