Rig for relief well being positioned at gas leak
Federal authorities say a rig is being positioned to drill a relief well for a gas leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and a permit is in the final stages of review. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental...
View ArticleRelief drilling expected to take 35 days
Crews are expected to begin drilling a relief well Thursday at the site of a gas well that blew wild July 23 off the Louisiana coast but eventually was choked off by sand and sediment. The federal...
View ArticleBlowout could tip regulator focus to shallow-water
Last week’s blowout on a natural gas rig off the Louisiana coast could shift regulators’ focus to shallow-water drilling and make an overhaul of safety equipment regulations more likely. The rig, owned...
View ArticleRelief well drilling starts after Gulf blowout
HOUMA — Workers have started drilling a relief well to permanently seal a gas well that blew out in the Gulf of Mexico last month off the coast of Louisiana, federal regulators said today. The Bureau...
View ArticleRelief well work, cleanup continue at blowout site
Federal regulators say drilling continues on a relief well to permanently seal a natural gas well that blew wild last month in the Gulf of Mexico. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
View ArticleEnergy sector intends to ride out gov’t shutdown
Local representatives of the oil and gas sector say the permitting process for most corners of the Louisiana energy industry is business as usual entering the fourth day of partial federal government...
View ArticleBSEE: Operator blamed for deadly platform blast
Nearly a year after three Filipino welders died in an oil platform explosion off Louisiana’s coast, the federal offshore safety bureau has issued a report that blames operator Black Elk Energy and its...
View ArticleGas continues to flow from rig off La. coast
Crews worked early today to stop natural gas flowing from a drilling rig off the Louisiana coast, and the Coast Guard said workers had cut the flow in half since officials lost control of the rig a day...
View ArticleGas no longer escaping from rig off La. coast
The flow of natural gas, water and sand has been stopped at a drilling rig off Louisiana’s coast, the operator and federal regulators said Saturday. The flow stopped about 7 p.m. Friday, a little more...
View ArticleExplosion on Gulf platform; 1 dead, 3 injured
An explosion occurred on an offshore oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, killing one person and injuring three. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said Fieldwood...
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