Apr
26
Anadarko Shuts Wells in Colorado After Deadly Home Explosion
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Explorer shuts 3,000 vertical wells across state’s northeast
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April 17 blast killed at least two people; cause not known
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is shutting all its vertical wells across northeast Colorado following a home explosion in the town of Firestone earlier this month that killed two people.
The more than 3,000 vertical wells, which produce the equivalent of about 13,000 net barrels of oil a day, will remain shut until the company’s field personnel can conduct inspections and test equipment in facilities and underground lines associated with each wellhead, the oil explorer said in a statement Wednesday. The cause of the explosion is still being investigated…
Anadarko Shuts Wells in Colorado After Deadly Home Explosion
