Are Suspended/Abandoned Oilfield Wells Dangerous? Oil Field Worker Critical After Being Burned in Robertson County Explosion

Oil Field Worker Critical After Being Burned in Robertson County Explosion by Clay Falls, July 10, 2014, kbtx.com
NEW BADEN, Texas – An oil field worker is in critical condition after an explosion in Robertson County. Wednesday afternoon some oil tanks caught fire just east of Franklin off Highway 79 near New Baden on Rabe Cutoff. The 25-year-old worker was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

Sources say an oil well was being capped and was operated by Finaly Resources.

Robertson County Sheriff’s Investigator Steve Misterek says the man was the only one on the site at the time of the fire. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and ATF Agents are investigating the incident which at this time is believed to have been an industrial accident.

Explosions at Abandoned Oil Well in Robertson County Injure At Least One by KBTX.com, July 09, 2014

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An afternoon oil field blast could be felt for miles around Robertson County Wednesday afternoon. … An oil field worker was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston on this helicopter and is believed to have burns to his head and neck after the well was engulfed in flames. Sources tell us it was being capped and been out of commission for some time.

Robertson County Sheriff’s Investigator Steve Misterek tells us the man was the only one on the site at the time of the fire and it’s unclear what work was being done. “We’ll get in there and take a look at the site and see if we can find any clues to actually what happened and stuff. Qe haven’t been able to talk to the individual due to his injuries,” said Misterek. …

Investigators tells us there was no immediate threat to the public.

[Refer also to:

FrackingCanada The Science is Deafening Industry’s Gas Migration

1993 Husky definition gas migration in oil and gas wells

Slide from Ernst presentations

June 9, 2014: Two-tiered Alberta: Urban, but not rural, home owners and businesses get inspections and protections from leaking abandoned energy wells and stratigraphic test holes: St. Albert residents sitting on abandoned oil and gas wells

2010: Crying foul over Calmar gas well, Calmar residents upset about lack of compensation, loss of property values

2010: Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach demands answers to why Calmar homes put in danger and built over abandoned gas well

2010: Leaking gas well forces families out in Calmar neighbourhood ]

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