Aging and abandoned oil wells in West Texas are causing significant environmental damage, public health risks, and financial ...

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 ...

ENSCO 51 was on location in Eugene Island Block 273 drilling a development well over a platform when the blowout occured. Shortly after midnight on Thursday, March 1, approximately fifteen hours ...

The oil-filled hole around a plugged well on an Upton County ranch is one on a growing list of problems cropping up with old ...

Operator Premier Oil has suspended operations on the 4/20-1 (Isobel Deep) well, following a problem detected on the drilling rig blowout preventer, BOP, according to partner Falkland Oil and Gas ...