A control gas wells shut down the Louisiana coast has been on fire, hours after the blowout, prompting the evacuation of 44 workers.
Meanwhile, government officials stressed that Tuesday's blowout would not be close to the 2010 BP oil spill, one of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon rig explosion, close the Louisiana coast damage, killing 11 workers and eventually spewing millions of gallons of oil, the Gulf of Mexico.
Irene Angelico's, safety and environmental enforcement bureau spokeswoman told the Associated Press reporter, due Tuesday night of the fire, no casualties were reported.
She said, do not know what is causing the gas to ignite. It also does not clear how and when the crew Wednesday morning trying to extinguish the fire. BSEE said earlier on Tuesday, fire boat with water and foam capacity has been dispatched to the scene.
Wild Well Control company has been hired as the attempt to bring a good control. Zeljko said, wild wells officers approached and earlier Tuesday night, the fire, but they make sure that it is unsafe to close, when they are away from it for about 200 feet.
Gas discharge reported Tuesday morning.
Coast Guard to keep the sea area within 500 meters of the site traffic throughout the day. The Federal Aviation Administration restricted the aircraft up to 2,000 feet above the area.
BSEE said inspectors flew shortly after the blowout of the site saw a light sheen, covering an area of ??about 50 feet half a mile. However, it soon dissipated.
Earlier this month, turn off gas flow to the Louisiana coast a few days before sealing.
Southern Louisiana Jefferson Parish Council member Chris Roberts said that travel restrictions might be in the upcoming deep-sea fishing tournament participants inconvenience.
It can change some plans, some people like to fish, "he said."
Tuesday blowout near unmanned offshore gas platform, there is no production of natural gas, Zeljko said. Workers called a Hercules Offshore company with jack-up drilling platform, which is an exploration and production company contractor Walter Oil and gas companies a portable drilling rig
Walter Oil and gas rigs BSEE (BSEE) report completed the "diverge" - a means of re-entering the original wellbore, Zeljko said.
Sidetrack purposes, in this case, it is not clear. A spokesman for the company did not have enough information, Tuesday night. Industry website said to solve the problem with the existing wellbore sidetrack drilling sometimes.
Rice University's Baker Institute energy expert Ken Medlock, said: "This project is a way to overcome the problem with the original well,." "They are not drill all the time, but it's not new."
 



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