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valve to prevent the increased gas pressure from forcing sand into the casing, enabling them to reach a depth of 445 ft, and past the 285 ft thick quicksand formation. At a depth of 645 ft, they adopted eighteen-hour shifts for continuous operations, drilling during the day, and keeping circulation going at night, to prevent a gas blowout. In early December, they hit a pocket of coarse water sand, when they adopted another innovation, mixing mud into the water which prevented the "heavier"

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