Well blow out in Fourchon

[Hydro]

Upstreamonline.com, July 9, 2013 at 5:00p (h/t Anonymous tip): A Gulf of Mexico platform operated by Energy Resources Technology (ERT) is apparently leaking natural gas after the company reported a “loss of well control” Tuesday morning during a temporary plugging operation, US regulators said. [...] Ship Shoal Block 225 Platform B about 74 miles off Port Fourchon, Louisiana had been evacuated after the event. “According to ERT’s site assessment, natural gas is flowing from the well and there is a rainbow sheen visible on the surface estimated to be more than four miles wide by three quarters of a mile long,” [...] A Coast Guard spokesman said workers were actively trying to plug the well as of mid-afternoon Tuesday, but was not able to specify flow rates or expected volumes leaked. [...]