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Modern drilling techniques do so safely to eliminate this type of well 'blow out' as was common at the turn of the century with "cable tool" drilling. You should rent the classic movie "Boomtown" if you're interested in seeing early oil production in North Texas (Burkburnett area).

Trust me, oil wells can flow just from natural pressure, just not that usual in reservoirs that have had lots of prior production history (SEK for example). Have you ever seen a pump jack on an offshore oil platform??? I think not... Wells like those become non commercial once they stop flowing.

I am sure that the Collins well will go on a pump at some point but the PR says it's flowing. You just need a proper well head assy. (production tree) and put a properly sized choke (limits amount of fluid flow) in the well to allow proper flow for your separator equipment and KGS regs. I think this is the equipment needed for the Collins well and what we're waiting on. The gas and condensate complicates the production but this is a nice problem to have.

Please read the sections on Completion and Production from this article. Wiki is not always the best source of info but does a good job here dealing with the subject at hand:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_well