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  • USCG: Oil-water mix leaking after vessel hit wellhead

    February 27, 2013 10:26 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A crewboat struck an inactive wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico overnight, causing it to spew a mixture of oil and water according to the U. S. Coast Guard. They reported the vessel hit the wellhead, which is owned by Swift Energy, around 8 p.m. Tuesday.... more »
  • Capping the "other well"

    July 28, 2010 11:13 AM

    Efforts are under way to cap a spewing wellhead in Barataria Bay. It's been leaking since yesterday. The Coast Guard says a towboat was pushing a barge on Mud Lake--just north of Barataria Bay-- when it hit the abandoned wellhead, around 1 a.m. The towboat captain says the... more »
  • BP to permanently cap leaking Gulf oil well

    May 17, 2010 2:53 PM

    BP says it is not try to produce oil through a blown-out well that's been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico ever again. Officials say the right thing to do is just plug the well for good. However, BP officials did not rule out drilling elsewhere to tap the... more »

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