No injuries were reported after a Gulf of Mexico drilling platform offshore Louisiana caught fire early Friday, forcing the evacuation of 28 people, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said.
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Fires, Spill Mar Weekend in North Dakota’s Bakken
No injuries or environmental disasters resulted last weekend as North Dakota’s Bakken was hit by two wellsite fires, and a separate saltwater release northeast of the city of Williston, ND. The state Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) dispatched inspectors to the scene of each incident.
BNSF Train Loaded With Bakken Crude Derails, Burns in Illinois
A freight train operated by the BNSF Railway Co. and loaded with crude oil from the Bakken Shale derailed and caught fire near Galena, IL, on Thursday. There were no injuries.
Fire at Range Drill Site Quickly Extinguished
Range Resources Corp. reported a fire late Wednesday at one of its well pads in Washington County, PA, where equipment failure is believed to be the cause of the blaze, the company said.
Interior’s Jewell Says Local Frack Bans ‘Wrong Way to Go’
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said she thinks local bans on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) are “the wrong way to go” because they’re based on fear, not science, and would lead to regulatory confusion for the oil and gas industry as it looks to develop shale formations.
Ohio Valley Ethane Pipeline Still Shut After Xmas Eve Fire
Williams Partners LP’s Ohio Valley Ethane Pipeline is still out of service as the company assesses damage from a fire that broke out at a metering station on Christmas Eve in southwest Pennsylvania, a company spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday.
No Easy Fix For Magnum NatGas Blowout
Wild Well Control on Friday started the lengthy process of removing the wellhead at a Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. site in Monroe County, OH, that’s been leaking uncontrollably since Dec. 13 (see Shale Daily, Dec. 15).
Cause Identified for EOG NatGas Tank Fire
On a preliminary basis, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that an electric arc may have sparked a flash fire that killed a maintenance worker at a natural gas storage tank in Wyoming. Investigations continued at the site on Friday.
In Latest Incident, Hilcorp Seeks Cause of Weekend Fire
Hilcorp Energy Co. and state regulators are still trying to determine what caused a separator to catch fire early last Saturday at one of its well sites in Mercer County, PA, near the Ohio border.
Pennsylvania DEP Says Human Error Likely Caused Chevron Well Fire
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in an 18-page report released Wednesday, said human error likely led to a deadly explosion and fire that raged for days at a Chevron Appalachia LLC site in February (see Shale Daily, Feb. 11).