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Another day, another fracking gas well fire

January 10, 2012 By TXsharon

They say the details are sketchy. Can you believe it--sketchy details regarding a fracking accident? UPDATED: Fire almost out at Red River Parish gas well location There is at least one injury. Details are still sketchy, but it appears the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions

Chesapeake Energy OOPS! Blowout in Oklahoma burns down rig.

January 6, 2012 By TXsharon

UPDATE: Chesapeake Energy executive tells conflicting stories about Oklahoma gas well blowout Nomadic Drill Rig 17 burned to the ground yesterday evening near Sweetwater, Oklahoma when the drill crew hit a pocket of shallow gas. Witnesses 3/4 of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chesapeake Energy, Explosions

Gas Pipeline Explodes in Kentucky.

January 3, 2012 By TXsharon

GhostBlogger On the Evening of January 2, a major gas pipeline exploded and burned in Estill Co., Kentucky. Flames reached over 1,000 feet high, & residents were evacuated for a mile around the failure. Fire in the sky: Crews respond to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions, Pipeline

Pictures: Acres of devastation from Williams gas pipeline explosion in Alabama

January 2, 2012 By TXsharon

When pipelines explode there is no shortage of news reports covering the drama surrounding the blast and the blaze. But we rarely learn what happens after the fire is out and the TV cameramen have all gone home? On December 3, 2011, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions, Pipelines

Ohio Couple loses home in gas pipeline explosion

December 17, 2011 By TXsharon

GhostBlogger Ponder this as gas gathering & transmission pipelines go in all over gas shale areas. When John stopped his vehicle at the top of a hill on 329, about four miles from his house, his fears were confirmed: "You could see the orange … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions, Pipeline

El Paso Corp. declared force majeure after pipeline fire

December 12, 2011 By TXsharon

GhostBlogger The Ruby gas transmission pipeline had a fire this weekend: "El Paso Corp​.'s Ruby interstate natural gas pipeline — which carries Colorado natural gas to the West Coast — has declared force majeure after a Dec. 10 fire on a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions, Pipelines

VIDEO: Alabama gas pipeline explodes, burns for 90 minutes.

December 8, 2011 By TXsharon

An update about the Williams- Transco pipeline explosion. From GhostBlogger. A Williams-Transco gas transmission pipeline exploded on December 3 in Alabama: A video of the fire: The fire burned for 90 minutes after the gas was shut off. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions

Compressor station explodes. Two people hurt.

December 7, 2011 By TXsharon

GhostBlogger sent this in: A natural gas compressor station had an explosion and fire on Tuesday in the Jonah Field in Wyoming. Two people were hurt, but one local news report was more worried about the damage to the equipment than the injuries or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chesapeake Energy, Explosions

Williams Transco Pipeline Explodes

December 3, 2011 By TXsharon

No cause known in explosion A Transco natural gas pipeline ruptured at approximately 3:07 p.m. Saturday with an explosion that could be heard for more than 30 miles while shooting flames nearly 100 feet in the air for over an hour. This is not the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions

Something’s burning – rig fire burns for six days

November 26, 2011 By TXsharon

On October 23, 2011, an oil  rig operated by Slawson Exploration in Milano, TX, which is very close to Booger County, had a blow out and caught fire sending flames shooting up into the air. On October 29, 2011, it was "nearly exhausted."  Boots and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions

Panola County gas pipeline explosion causes evacuations

November 22, 2011 By TXsharon

A gas pipeline in Panola County (not this Panola County) Mississippi ruptured causing 20 to 30 families to be evacuated. LINK Flames could be seen for 25 miles. There were no injuries. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions

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