Trinidad Takes 13 Days to Contain Leaking Well

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(MEEI, 17.Jul.2018) — The Ministry of Energy & Energy Industries (MEEI) announced that Couva Marine 2 – the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Paria – was successfully brought under control at 12:00 noon today. The shut – in well developed a leak on July 4, 2018 and had been emitting a combination of gas and oil since then.

The “well kill plan”, which went into effect at 6:00 a.m. today, is the result of several days of strategizing and planning to ensure that the well was brought under control without injury to personnel involved and with minimal impact on the environment.

Source: MEEI

Today’s milestone is a significant one and represents the initial stage in the formal abandonment process through which the well will be properly capped and the threat to health, safety and the environment removed.

Operations are still in progress at the well site and marine craft operators are requested to continue to maintain an exclusion area with a radius of three (3) nautical miles.

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