methane cave turkmenistan Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:57:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Hell's Gate in Turkmenistan: Burning Precious Energy for Nothing Since 1971 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hell-gate-turkmenistan-20100211/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hell-gate-turkmenistan-20100211/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:57:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=6599 This hole (initially a gas-filled cave) has been named "Hell's Gate", for obvious reasons. It was discovered when some geologists have been searching for natural gas, in Turkmenistan's Karakum desert, in Darvasa. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 50-100 meters.

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