On December 1, 1963, Well No. 11 in the Urta-Bulak gas field suffered a blowout due to a violation of proper drilling procedures. The 2409 meter deep hole opened up a gas reservoir underground ...

Neighbors in Galeton gathered for a community meeting Thursday to learn about the well control incident that occurred Sunday.

In a nutshell, "a blowout is an uncontrolled flow of gas, oil or other formation fluids into the atmosphere or another zone," explained Barry Cooper of Well Control School, an organization ...

WELD COUNTY, Colo — Five days after an oil well incident near Galeton in northern Colorado, the well is sealed but residents ...

Emergency workers took four days to stop a major leak at a Chevron well pad in Galeton. Nearby residents are still evacuated ...

Blowouts are easily the most dangerous and destructive potential disasters in the world of oil drilling. Not only can they lead to serious injury and even death, but they can also cause massive ...

Officials confirmed that a “containment issue” at a Chevron oil and gas facility northeast of Greeley has been resolved, days after the incident began.

It will be sometime Saturday before a crew of specialists from Houston can get a gas well blowout “shut in” after a mishap Thursday west of Peetz began spewing natural gas into the air.

The fire district implemented an evacuation order as a precaution for residents within a half-mile radius of Weld 72 and 51, a zone that impacted 12 people, Galeton Fire reported.

When left unattended, orphaned wells are prone to blowouts ... gas attorney, told the Texas Tribune earlier this month. Stogner has tracked such wells for years. In December 2023, an abandoned ...