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January 08, 2012

Chesapeake well suffers blowout & fire

A Chesapeake Energy well being drilled near Sweetwater, Okla., in the western part of the state, blew out when hitting an unexpected pocket of gas at a depth of about 900 feet.

The drilling rig caught on fire but no injuries were reported.

Click here for the Upstream Online report and accompanying video of the blaze, which was posted on YouTube.

--Jack Z. Smith

Posted at 04:07 PM |

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