The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

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Two sinkholes have appeared in the Surrey village of Godstone, but how have they formed and are they dangerous?

The oil-filled hole around a plugged well on an Upton County ranch is one on a growing list of problems cropping up with old ...

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A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was ...

There are two main types of sinkholes: those that form slowly over time (cover-subsidence sinkholes) and those that appear suddenly (cover-collapse sinkholes). While it is usually the latter type ...

Collapse sinkholes' which can appear suddenly and without any warnings at the surface, like cracks or subsidence, can be dangerous. In 2010, a sinkhole measuring 20m in diameter and 90m deep ...

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modified drainage and surface water diversion as reasons for subsidence. More commonly, sinkholes develop when highly soluble rocks like chalk or limestone dissolve after reacting with acidic ...

Sinkholes mainly occur in what is known as ‘karst terrain’; areas of land where soluble bedrock (such as limestone or gypsum) can be dissolved by water. With cover-subsidence sinkholes the ...