Louisiana Wellhead Bursting Out Oil & Gas After Collision

July 27, 2010 by: polina

A state-owned wellhead in southeastern Louisiana is leaking up to 20 feet of oil into the air Tuesday, the New York Times reports, and is the third leak in the area since BP Plc’s (NYSE:BP) April 20th Deepwater Horizon disaster. The well is about 65 miles away from New Orleans in Barataria Bay, and reportedly burst after a dredge barge that was being pushed in the bay by a tugboat collided with t…



compilation

Filed under: Louisiana Video

Comments are closed.