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Shell has been working on this for some time and isn't promising any near term gushers, but they are optimistic and certainly cannot be dismissed as incompetents or crackpots.

Our Vast Oil Reserves, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Pasadena has no oil wells, but out-of-control wells - "gushers" - were once fairly common in Southern California.

Pasadena Star-News Most Viewed 2010

But three months later, the company's works were destroyed by fire, and before they could be rebuilt, scores of other wells had been sunk, many of which were "gushers," requiring no pumping, and the supply was soon so far in excess of the demand that the price of oil tumbled to one dollar a barrel.

American Men of Mind Burton Egbert Stevenson 1917

P.S. -- Three big oil wells, belonging to the class called "gushers," have been struck about seven or eight miles from Poorland Farm.

The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, 1892

But while many look for a way to stop the 'gushers', or a way to clean up the spill, yet others are taking bold action to make sure this can never happen again.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

The New Zealand islands straddle a geologically unstable area across the South Pacific, part of the so-called Ring of Fire, and the country is famed for its thermal gushers that provide a sense of its inherent geological instability.

New Zealand Starts Christchurch Curfew Lucy Craymer 2011

The New Zealand islands straddle a geologically unstable area across the South Pacific, part of the so-called Ring of Fire, and the country is famed for its thermal gushers that provide a sense of its inherent geological instability.

New Zealand Quake Rescue Effort Intensifies Lucy Craymer 2011

Since the beginning of the year, the area has made more headlines for its unrest than for its oil gushers.

IEA Sees Potential for $150 Crude Oil Benoit Faucon 2011

Its excavation is the stuff of tall tales, with "gushers" and boomtowns shaping our imagination.

Joel Reynolds: Agreement to Reduce Oil Drilling in LA Is a Win for Public Health Joel Reynolds 2011

The New Zealand islands straddle a geologically unstable area across the South Pacific that is part of the so-called Ring of Fire, and the country is famed for the thermal gushers that provide a sense of its inherent geological instability.

New Zealand Expands Rescue Efforts Lucy Craymer 2011