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, ...

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 ...

Wild Well Training facilities around the world offer quality industry courses that strive for unparalleled student success in the development of well control technique to elevate job performance, ...

This report examines the causes of the blowout of the Macondo well that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, and provides a series of recommendations, for both the oil and gas industry ...

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 ...

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 ...