You Won’t Believe It, I Know
Nate Monroe of the Daily Comet [local Louisiana newspaper] tells us that an Oil blowout causes evacuations
PAINCOURTVILLE — A blown-out well in Assumption Parish was spewing oil and gas nearly 200 feet into the air Wednesday, and it could be 10 days before crews can cap it, officials said.
Assumption Parish sheriff’s deputies responded to a 3:30 a.m. complaint Wednesday of oil and gas spewing onto the road, said Assumption Sheriff Mike Waguespack.
Waguespack said no one was injured in the blowout, and State Police are investigating.
…Mantle Oil and Gas of Friendswood, Texas, is the well operator, and Cajun Well Services of Breaux Bridge was contracted to finish the well, which began drilling in June.
It was on dry land, surrounded by sugar cane fields and [this is the totally unbelievable part] a number of knowledgeable people are saying the blowout preventer failed! I mean when is that last time anyone heard of a blowout preventer failing? There hasn’t been a failure reported in nearly… well… four months.
But people want to encourage this sort of thing.
