BERKAOUI Catastrofy

Algeria / Warqla /
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On 26 October 1986 a land subsidence incident occurred at
Haoud Berkaoui Oil Field in the northern part of the Algerian Sahara,
which swallowed up the Okn-32 oil well and the core drill-2. The
resulting crater was 80 m deep and 200 m in diameter. Six months later
after subsequent subsidence events destroyed Okn-32 bis situated 80 m
from Okn-32, the crater was 320 m in diameter.
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Coordinates:   31°46'22"N   5°3'37"E
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