Oil well shooting is a method of increasing production of an oil well by removing obstructions to drilling, straightening crooked holes, preventing water penetration, and/or increasing the flow of oil. Before 1910, a shell, made of dynamite and a sheet metal casing were lowered into a well and detonated by a blasting cap with a fuse. By 1918, the practice had evolved to use blasting gelatin, a mixture of nitroglycerin, guncotton and wood pulp.
Notable professionals Merle Haggard worked as an oil well shooter Francis "Tug" Nadeau Irving
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References Aronowitz, Alfred G. (1968). "New Country Twang Hits Town". Life. Vol. 64, no. 18. Time, Inc. ISSN 0024-3019.
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