November 13, 2014

Oil field worker killed, two others injured

MEAD – An oil and gas worker died Thursday morning when a pipe burst at an Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) oil well site in Weld County near Mead, said Sgt. Sean Standridge of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office.

A crew was trying to thaw a frozen pipe when it ruptured and burst, killing one person and injuring two other workers about 9:30 a.m. near Colorado 66 and Weld County Road 9 1/2.

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) workers were at the well site during the incident, Standridge said. Neither the name of the worker killed nor the names of the workers injured were released.

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One of the workers injured in the incident was taken to Denver Health in a helicopter. The other worker was taken to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland in an ambulance.

The workers’ injuries were serious, though not life-threatening, Standridge said.

MEAD – An oil and gas worker died Thursday morning when a pipe burst at an Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) oil well site in Weld County near Mead, said Sgt. Sean Standridge of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office.

A crew was trying to thaw a frozen pipe when it ruptured and burst, killing one person and injuring two other workers about 9:30 a.m. near Colorado 66 and Weld County Road 9 1/2.

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) workers were at the well site during the incident, Standridge said. Neither the name of the worker killed nor the names of the workers injured…

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