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Wind Shift Delays To Plug Well
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A wind shift is holding up attempts to plug an oil well that is spewing methane gas after a blowout in east-central Wyoming. Workers with Houston-based well control company Boots & Coots still were unable to safely get close enough to the well to get to work by Thursday evening. Th...
Work To Plug Oil Well Near Douglas
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An oil well that's leaking natural gas in east-central Wyoming could be plugged soon. Chesapeake Energy says the work could begin as early as Thursday morning. A blowout at the well on Tuesday prompted 50 residents outside of Douglas to evacuate their homes amid concern that the gas could explode...