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Doesn't the oil just come out of the oil well from its own pressure? Which would make pumping oil back in the oil field complicated

• projektfu 7y ago
  In some places, yes, but would you see these pumps the US if that were always the case? https://youtu.be/X0Dpd52pfp0 https://youtu.be/X0Dpd52pfp0
• CydeWeys 7y ago
  There's lots of empty oil fields out there though. Many of them could hopefully be refilled just using gravity?
  • brutusborn 7y ago
    Reconfiguring wells to reverse flow is a lot of work, and would take a significant amount of time to setup. This can happen with old gas wells, excess gas can be compressed and reinjected into the well, but they are specially designed systems.
  • tomc1985 7y ago
    The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve is stored underground, surely they could build a similar reservoir
    • koolba 7y ago
      You could. Though it’d cost billions of dollars and would not be done by the time the contracts expire and deliver needs to be taken.