An interesting news from a Tennessee newspaper and interview with  Dwayne Tyrkalo

..."Near the bottom of the well, he said, drillers found “burnt volcanic oil. ... It was there millions of years ago, and it has migrated somewhere. If you can find that migrating stream, there’s large amounts.”

The company recently leased 190 acres in the area, according to company news statements, and began a second, shallower well nearby. Montello plans to encircle the area of the 2002 gusher with similar shallower wells.

“We have to do some more investigation,” Mr. Tyrkalo said...."

The article:

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/mar/09/looking-oil-beneath-tennessee/?local

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