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hakoda • 11/03/2025
You could also nuke it; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtabulak_gas_field
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Tangentially related and recommended. Werner Herzog's film that also features longer sections on the fire fighting efforts on the oil fields.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_of_Darkness