Devil’s Woodyard

The term "Devil's Woodyard" refers to a mud volcano located in Trinidad and Tobago. Mud volcanoes are geological formations that create mounds of mud, often with shallow craters that can erupt mud intermittently.12

These formations can be created by hot-spring activity, where gases and water react with surrounding rocks to form boiling mud. Alternatively, in oil-field regions with soft, unconsolidated sediments, compaction can force methane and hydrocarbon gases mixed with mud upward. This mixture erupts to the surface, spewing hot mud and sometimes steam, forming a cone-like shape. The Devil's Woodyard is one such mud volcano found in an oil-bearing region of Trinidad. It is important to note that "devilwood" also refers to a small tree native to the southern U.S..213