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    1. Drilling & Completion

    BSEE, Coast Guard respond to well control incident in GoM

    Jan. 31, 2014
    The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement says it is responding along with the US Coast Guard to a loss of well control in Vermilion block 356 about 108 mi (174 km) southwest of Lafayette, Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Offshore staff

    NEW ORLEANS –The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement says it is responding along with the US Coast Guard to a loss of well control in Vermilion block 356 about 108 mi (174 km) southwest of Lafayette, Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico.

    EnVen Energy Ventures reported a natural gas flow while drilling from theRowan Louisiana.The gas was diverted overboard and work is underway to shut-in the well. No visible sheen is reported. Personnel were evacuated and no injuries are reported.

    The rig is at the A production platform and all oil and gas production was shut-in.

    1/31/14