It is possible to carry out the instructions of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to extinguish the Darvaz gas crater located in the country, which locals call “the gates of hell”, but this will not be done. This opinion was shared by a geologist, a member of the organization “Cosmopoisk” Alexander Solyoniy.
“You can put it out. There you need to make a directed explosion, and it will go out. It is expensive. This whole hole will fill up, gas will come out, but it will not burn. How to do it? Nobody needs it now, nobody cares about it. Therefore, I think this will not work, “the radio station” Moscow Says “quotes him.
According to the geologist, “this is all talk,” but in reality it is necessary to allocate money, explosives and find a specialist.
A day earlier, the President of Turkmenistan instructed Deputy Prime Minister Shakhym Abrakhmanov, who oversees the oil and gas complex, to find a way to extinguish the Darvaz gas crater. He noted that the combustion of a huge amount of gas negatively affects the environment and the health of people living nearby. In addition, natural gas is consumed, from which significant profits can be made, Berdymukhamedov stressed.
The Darvaza gas crater is located in the center of the Karakum Desert, about 260 km north of Ashgabat. It is a landmark of Turkmenistan attracting the attention of scientists and tourists.
In 1971, Soviet geologists discovered an accumulation of natural gas in this area and, having drilled a well, caused a collapse: the upper layers of the soil collapsed into an underground cave, opening a large hole filled with gas. To avoid gas poisoning of people and livestock, geologists decided to set it on fire, believing that the fire will subside in a few days. But the natural gases escaping from the ground continue to burn to this day.
On the island of Java in Indonesia on December 16, two eruptions of the Semeru volcano took place one after the other. It was noted that a mixture of volcanic ash, hot gases and fragments of solid hot lava descended from the summit of the volcano 4.5 km down its slope.
Source: IZ
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