Coast Guard: Crew Loses Control of Natural Gas Well, Sheen in the Gulf
Natural gas is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from an oil and natural gas production platform off the coast of Plaquemines Parish, where the U.S. Coast Guard says a crew lost control of a well on Tuesday. Crew was safely evacuated after the well was unable to be brought back under control, according to the Coast Guard.
The well, located 74 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, is owned Energy Resource Technology Gulf of Mexico LLC, who reported the incident. Workers were looking to temporary plug the well when they lost control of the well, according to the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard could not confirm how many workers were evacuated.
The cause of the event has yet to be determined, the Coast Guard said.
ERT is "actively working to plug the well," according to Jonathan Lally, spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard's 8th District. Lally did not have information on when the well might be plugged.
Two other wells were actively producing on the same platform, but were shut-in following the incident.
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make copies of every bit of news about this you find, since the story WILL be changed from day to day, esp. in terms of how much/how many gallons of oil/gas/whatever is flowing into the water/shore and how many gallons etc the company will claim is being cleaned up.
I expect by now that Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser knows the drill all too well.
He has always come across as a straight shooter.
This story will go hand in hand with the 25,000 gallons of gas flowing out of the busted pipeline in Montana.
