Another well blowout in West Texas has a town smelling of rotten eggs. Story by Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Alejandra Martinez • 2mo. Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the ...

It’s been almost two months since an oil and gas well “control incident” in Weld County, wherein oil, gas and water were sprayed feet into the air for nearly four days. The fracking well, owned by ...

Chevron continues to clean up toxic chemicals spewed into the air, soil and water after an oil and gas well in Weld County blew out in April due to equipment-installation failures.

Blowouts can happen in any well, whether plugged or not. Wells plugged decades ago are less likely to withstand the pressure and blow. Each blowout proves that the pressure underground is only ...

A gas well blowout in the shadow of Yellowstone National Park spewed a cloud of explosive natural gas, forced evacuations for miles around and polluted the drinking water — and the people who ...

A well blowout shoots a mixture of oil, water, and gas over 100 feet in the air west of Toyah on Oct. 4. Credit: Justin Hamel courtesy of DeSmog ...

Well blowout in Iraq. Photo courtesy of Boots & Coots International Well Control Inc. Click here to enlarge image. In Meridian Oil v. Hartford (27 F.3d 150), drilling operations damaged a fresh ...

Days of panic after the Aug. 11, 2006, blowout at the Crosby 25-3 well have been replaced by lingering uncertainty about a pollution plume 225 feet underground.

From the Archives: Oil well blowout Oct. 2, 1975: Workmen, left, struggle to put cap with a shutoff valve in place after oil well blowout. Once cap in place, right, flow is turned off.

The blowout in rural Ohio took place Feb. 15, 2018, at a well owned by XTO Energy, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, and it took 20 days to get it under control.

Another Well Blowout in West Texas Has a Town Smelling of Rotten Eggs. More. TOYAH, Texas (AP) — After a restless night of sleep, Elida Machuca texted her neighbor, searching for answers.

A well blowout shots a mixture of oil, water, and gas over 100 feet in the air west of Toyah on Oct. 4. Credit: Justin Hamel courtesy of DeSmog.