r/interestingasfuck • u/Key_Performer_3645 • 22h ago
Natural gas has been continuously seeping from the Haripur field in Sylhet, Bangladesh, for approximately 70 years following a blowout that occurred during the first drilling operation in 1955. The ground at the location has been continuously leaking gas.
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u/noobcastle 21h ago edited 17h ago
When the Haripur seep natural gas, everyone is amazed. When I seep natural gas, I ruin my families dinner.
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u/rossrollin 22h ago
Ground leaking gas for 70 years.
People: hold my cosmo
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u/RedLions11 18h ago
It's more environmentally friendly to burn the gas than it escaping into the atmosphere. CH4 is more damaging than CO2
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u/fmaz008 12h ago
Yes, but that was clearly not the motivation or the concern behind that video. It just happen that it is better.
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u/RedLions11 9h ago
How can you tell their motivation or concern? Do you just assume that people who live in Bangladesh know nothing about the place they live and are as oafish as you? Seems like you have some subconscious bias to deal with
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u/Several_Ant_9867 22h ago
It's cool, but I would not trust setting fire to a methane leak in a cave with me in there
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u/daLejaKingOriginal 21h ago
Haripur field
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u/Several_Ant_9867 21h ago
I saw that it was dark and I thought that it was underground
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u/daLejaKingOriginal 18h ago
Let me introduce you to the concept of night
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u/Several_Ant_9867 17h ago
I live in a city, I don't know what that is
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u/vishal340 17h ago
This is meant as how but when was the last time anyone in cities saw a star. Only Jupiter and Venus are visible.
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u/CharlieMoonMan 6h ago
I get a pretty solid view of the western sky from where I live in a city but that is because most of the skyline is in the other direction. Also Atlanta has a really strong tree canopy (known as the city in the forest) which helps SOMEWHAT limit the light pollution.
So I get Venus Jupiter, gemini, and a few others clearly visible in the spring.
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u/Sbstnbd 19h ago
If it were underground, how would they have gotten there without dying?
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u/4ssteroid 19h ago
Lots of caves are underground
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u/Sbstnbd 19h ago
Congrats, you know what a cave is. Do you also know what a gas is?
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u/GarunixReborn 19h ago
Yes, its what you put in a car
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u/Sbstnbd 18h ago
Almost. So there's other gasses as well and most of them aren't really breathable or toxic. Some of these are heavier than nitrogen and oxygen which is why they're close to the ground.
So if you would go into a cave full of toxic, heavy gas - what would happen to you?
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u/frochopper 16h ago
Ooooh you’re talking about diesel. It’s like heavy gas for heavy trucks. And these dangerous caves make diesel very expensive these days
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u/Sbstnbd 16h ago
And you're saying that to me instead of the "lots of caves are underground" guy? Are you for fucking real?
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u/Secret_Jellyfish320 20h ago
wait, gas leaking for 70 years and the US didn't try to introduce democracy to bangladesh? what's the catch yall?
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u/HendoEndo 20h ago
Kindly google the history of Bangladesh. Someone else introduced democracy to Bangladesh 🤣
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u/Secret_Jellyfish320 20h ago
That tracks, someone calling dips before them is the only civilised way to keep them away lol
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u/Critical-Cost9068 20h ago
Democracy was never introduced to Bangladesh.
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u/HendoEndo 20h ago
So what was the “liberation of East Pakistan” then? Their candidate won elections but West Pakistan (just Pakistan) said ‘fuck off, we don’t recognise your guy’. They rebelled. Soooomeone stepped in and ‘liberated’ them and gave the people a new nation. Sounds pretty bald eagled, horsie ridin, 6shooter tootin, CIA lowkey being involved kinda murkan democracy to me
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u/Critical-Cost9068 20h ago
It was the liberation of East Pakistan
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u/HendoEndo 20h ago
Which is what man it’s Bangladesh you’re unreal 🤣
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u/AnotherUN91 19h ago
Pretty sure its an older bot account.
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u/HendoEndo 19h ago
Ah that makes sense
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u/Critical-Cost9068 19h ago
No it doesn’t
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u/HendoEndo 19h ago
I think engaging with you is going to critically cost me 9068 of something
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u/Critical-Cost9068 19h ago
It was liberated from West Pakistani domination but no democracy resulted. Madarchode
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u/pichael289 20h ago
Different kind of gas. We got plenty of this kind. So much it comes through people's pipes when we freak for it.
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u/Ban-Circumcision-Now 5h ago
The U.S. has Centralia, PA. An underground coalfield that’s been burning for decades, the town above it was abandoned but the road layout is still there for a town
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u/mouseclick92 20h ago
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u/minecraftzizou 12h ago
game of life was the first thing that came to my mind after "this is probably a bad idea and it could explode"
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u/cognitiveglitch 22h ago
It does put into perspective the sheer quantity of gas underground. Amazing really considering how much has been extracted so far.
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u/B1g_BuddhAH 20h ago
conways game of life
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u/therealdivs1210 20h ago
It does look like that!
And actually this is a form of cellular automata, well not cellular but continuous.
Good observation!
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u/funnystuff79 22h ago
When I worked in the oil business I heard that over 90% of all oil and gas ever formed had leaked to the surface through natural faults and cracks.
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u/Holeshot75 22h ago
So let's go there and breathe it in?!?
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u/sumpick 22h ago
In Bangladesh that counts as fresh air, one of the most air polluted countries in the world.
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u/Single_Fig_5624 16h ago
Its mostly farmlands and crop fields outside of dhaka. Almost 60% of the countries land is used for agriculture, so not much pollution can be seen outside of major cities and the industrial belt around dhaka and Chittagong
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u/unsungkhan 21h ago
Nah fam that's just polluted ass Dhaka, the capital. It's mostly fresh outside of the capital.
Source: live in polluted ass Dhaka.
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u/Febrile83 22h ago
How do you put it out?
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u/actually3racoons 21h ago
That's what i was thinking.
Probably the next breeze that rolls through will dissipate the gas enough for it to stop burning.
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u/AdministrativeBag703 16h ago
Boron. Boron and Sand. It’ll create problems of its own but I don’t see any other way.
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u/FreeBird_96 8h ago
The leak is very slow, it burns until all the gases are burnt out, then again gas slowly leaks and pools there. In the video the fire isn't from an active leak, it's burning what was already there.
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u/AgitatedPatience5729 22h ago
That's a show. Very fun to watch.
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u/RoyceCoolidge 21h ago
You can do it in the comfort of your own home by holding a flame to your socks.
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u/SuperModernBaseball 21h ago edited 21h ago
[Serious] Why doesn't the fire reach the source and blow up?
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u/Electrical-Screen669 21h ago
No oxygen down there
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u/meatblast_surprise 16h ago
yeah so fuses can burn underwater
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u/Unhappy_Ad_4761 16h ago
Are you saying this to refute what Electrical-Screen669 is saying?
Some materials can burn underwater because they either provide their own oxygen, or when they burn they create a chemical reaction that pulls oxygen from the water.
Natural gas in an underground source that is full of natural gas does not do either.
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u/Hydrottle 11h ago
You’re so confident with that statement. And rockets can burn in space. Yet this natural gas pit doesn’t blow up. Because there’s not enough oxygen. Rockets provide the oxygen in space. And fuses provide the fuel to burn underwater. Cringe.
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u/Intelligent-Survey39 12h ago
Only by design. Those fuses use a propellant that contains a strong oxidizer, releasing the oxygen required for combustion as it burns so it can burn underwater.
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u/CommitteeInformal297 21h ago
Looks very similar to Conway's game of life. I wonder if there's any relationship between these two
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u/nastibass 12h ago
Why dont they use a big tarp to hold whatever leaks through? And then capture it into usable tanks?
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u/fiendishcubism 10h ago
Because that won't last even one cook. You need heavily compressed gas in cylinders or pipe it to use it in any practical application
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u/floor_gang_il 19h ago
The EL of netural gas betwen 5-15%. Will we create a neat flame patternes in the sand or die in a violent fireball? Lets find out fam!
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u/Conscious-Loss-2709 18h ago
Soviets did this in '71. It's currently a tourist attraction in Turkmenistan called the gates of hell and living up to its name
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u/Alices_Hubby_Kleiner 21h ago
Is it safe to breathe their? If I keep the gas stove on without lighting it even for a few seconds, I can't bear the smell.
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u/Ruben_NL 21h ago
The smell is an additive meant to alarm humans. Methane doesn't have a smell itself.
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u/Alices_Hubby_Kleiner 21h ago
Thank you, I wasn't sure if this has directly comes in the stove, but still surely it can't be safe to breathe.
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u/zZCycoZz 21h ago
Youre right, its very bad for your health.
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u/DOCKING_WITH_JESUS 15h ago
Natural gas is not toxic.
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u/zZCycoZz 15h ago edited 13h ago
Its absolutely toxic.
The physical symptoms from a natural gas leak you may experience when exposed are similar to those you might experience in a carbon monoxide leak. That is because you are being deprived of oxygen. The symptoms will vary depending on the level of exposure and the length of time you are exposed. Symptoms from a natural gas leak may include:
headaches, sometimes severe
dizziness
fatigue
nausea
irregular breathing
chest pains
memory problems
blurred vision
confusion and difficulties concentrating
loss of consciousness
suffocation
https://www.constellation.com/energy-101/home-natural-gas-safety-tips.html
Burning it is also bad for you.
Cooking-related emissions vary with the type of energy used. Some pollutants, such as fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter ⩽2.5 μm (PM2.5), are released during cooking, regardless of fuel type. The primary pollutant of health concern emitted uniquely by gas (and not electric) cooking is nitrogen dioxide (NO2), but products of incomplete natural gas combustion include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, and ultrafine particles (4). Nitrogen oxides are irritant gases that can cause bronchoconstriction, airway hyperresponsiveness, and airway inflammation with increased risk of asthma exacerbations, bronchitis, and wheezing
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10112436/
Edit: updated wording as natural gas is toxic
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u/Away-Squirrel2881 21h ago
Natural gas is seeping from the ground, let's freaking light it, what could go wrong?
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u/Admirable_Fennel3534 18h ago
It's so cool that it behaves as an excitable medium! And if you think about it, it makes sense.
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u/GlibGlobC137 22h ago
street fight on these sand will make emm look like king of fighter moves.