Table 4
Well ages in hydrocarbon storage leakage events.
| Site | Date drilled (or debrined) | Incident date | Time span between creation and accident | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk City, Oklahoma | Unknown. After 1954?? | February 23, 1973 | 19 years? | Leak likely started as early as November 1972 |
| Conway, Kansas | Beginning 1951 | After 1956 | 5–60 years | The described accident in 2012 |
| Yoder, Kansas | – Idem | June 30, 1980 | 30 years or more | |
| Mont Belvieu, Texas | 1963 | September 17, 1980 (wellhead pressure drop) | 17 years | October 3, 1980 (fire) |
| Mineola, Texas | End of 1950’s | 2000? | 50 years | Paper written in 2001 |
| Hutchinson, Kansas | Drilled in 1980; Re-drilled in 1990 | January 19, 2001 | 20 years | |
| Epe, Germany | 1980 | February 23, 2014 | 34 years | |
| Magnolia, Louisiana | 1970’s | December 24, 2003 | 33 years | 6 weeks after repressurization |
| Eminence, Mississippi | 1970–1973 | 26 December 2010 | 37–40 years | |
| Teutschenthal | 1971 | March 29, 1988 | c. 17 years | |
| Boling, Texas | End of January 1983 (de-brined) | Fall 2005 | c. 22 years | |
| Clute, Texas | Leached out in 1961 | December 1988 | c. 27 years |