VOL. XLVI

No 12

24-March-2003

KUWAIT/SAUDI ARABIA

Gas Leak And Wellhead Fire In Onshore Partitioned Zone

MEES learns that two oilfield accidents occurred within three days of each other in the onshore Partitioned Zone earlier this month. On 15 March, a wellhead gas leak was discovered at the W-63 well, with fluid seen escaping from an electrical cable port. Before the end of the day, the uncontrolled flow of gas had been checked. The second incident occurred on 18 March when a wellhead fire broke...