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In a significant engineering and disaster management feat, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has successfully capped ...
Sometimes, it’s blowouts from wells — in others, it’s leaks. Blowouts can happen in any well, whether plugged or not. Wells plugged decades ago are less likely to withstand the pressure and ...
Bullard, who communicated daily with the commission, said the suspected hydrogen sulfide leaving the well only posed a threat within 100 yards of the blowout location.
Experts warn that more blowouts should be expected unless oil and gas companies change their methods.
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.
The Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission is investigating Chevron subsidiary Noble Energy for six alleged violations related to a fracking well blowout in Weld County.
Environment Next Question: Where does waste removed from Chevron's oil well blowout go? Chevron has already removed 7,000 cubic yards of soil and 89,000 gallons of liquid, according to state ...
Colorado oil and gas regulator issues violation notice to Chevron for Bishop oil well blowout, citing six rule breaches and ongoing environmental impacts.
Also Read | Assam: Gas leak continues at ONGC well after three days of blowout, 70 families shifted “The Sivasagar event involves only natural gas, without any condensate or crude oil release.
Nearly three months after a massive blowout at a Chevron well in Galeton, state oil and gas regulators began the enforcement ...
Leakage of gas continued for the 15th day from a crude oil well of ONGC in Assam's Sivasagar district although the energy major on Thursday claimed that it is nearing to control the blowout.     In ...
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 ...