Blowouts are easily the most dangerous and destructive potential disasters in the world of oil drilling. Not only can they lead to serious injury and even death, but they can also cause massive, ...

If not properly monitored, changes in pressure that can occur while the well is being drilled can cause combustible hydrocarbons to flow unchecked and at high pressures and flow rates. If this flow of ...

Pat Campbell never met a well he couldn’t kill. But in his long career of bringing oil well blowouts under control, Mr. Campbell has usually employed a hands-on approach. Fires may have to be ...

HOUMA -- Hydraulic Well Control, a workover business with an international scope, has merged with a global Houston-based company. The local company, a subsidiary of Oil States International, signed an ...

Services specialist Wild Well Control has hired expert John Wright to advise on engineering relief wells for accidents at unconventional drilling sites. Wright, the mastermind behind the relief well ...