Uncontrolled gas flow continues from well in Gulf of Mexico — Trying to stop it from moving underground
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Fuel Fix, Feb. 19, 2013: Drilling specialists have been pumping heavy fluids into a gas well 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in a bid to halt natural gas moving among underground formations at the site. The intervention is taking place roughly two weeks after workers detected a kick, or uncontrolled flow of fluid, at the Apache Corp. well on Feb. 4. [...] tests detected the hydrocarbon had migrated from the bottom of the 8,300-foot hole to a shallower sand formation 1,100 feet below the sea floor. [...] The company had contracted with the well control specialists at Boots & Coots, a Halliburton company, to try and kill the well [...] “With BSEE oversight, Apache Corp. has been pumping drilling fluids into the well to stop the underground flow,” the agency said in a statement. [...]
AHN, Feb. 19, 2013: In an attempt to block natural gas movements from underground formations at the site, drilling specialists on Tuesday decided to intervene by pumping heavy fluids into Gulf of Mexico’s gas well. The decision came nearly two weeks after workers discovered an uncontrolled flow of fluid at one of the Houston-based Apache Corp’s wells. [...]
“[We're] continuing our efforts to control the migration of gas in a safe and environmentally responsible manner. [... Apache's] continuing to plan for a relief well, if that becomes necessary” -Apache spokesman John Roper