Woodford Shale rig ablaze
No-one was hurt when the Patterson 179 rig, near Watonga, caught fire on Monday evening
Continental Resources will allow a fire on a rig operating in the Anadarko Woodford Shale, Oklahoma, to continue as a managed burn, saying this is the safest option available. The company, which called in well-control specialist Wild Well Control to assist, said it may take several days for the rig fire, which broke out on Monday, to burn low enough for the damaged rig to be removed and the blaze to be extinguished. No-one was hurt when the Patterson 179 rig, which was drilling the Moseley 1-5H well, near Watonga, caught fire on Monday evening, local time. County sheriff Ricky Ainsworth told reporters that the dozen workers at the site had enough warning to make it to safety. The cause of th
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