WATCH 1 injured when casing ruptures during fracturing at Corsicana gas well owned by Halliburton by Jason Trahan, July 25, 2013, WFAA8
At about 6 a.m. Thursday, a casing ruptured in a gas well near SE County Road 3100 near Eureka just outside Corsicana, said Eric Meyers, Navarro County emergency management coordinator. One person was injured in the incident but the person’s condition is unknown, he said. About four gallons per minute of a combination of injection fluid and drilling mud are leaking from the well, he said. The fluid is being captured in a nearby retention pond, he said. The well was about 75 percent completed when the incident occurred and crews are working to cap the site, Myers added. There was no fire and no natural gas is leaking above ground from the well, he said. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is en route and the Railroad Commission is on site. Obrien Energy owns the well. [Emphasis added]
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