Specialists working to kill Apache well in Gulf
Drilling specialists have been pumping heavy fluids into a gas well 50 miles off the Louisiana coast in a bid to halt natural gas moving among underground formations at the site. More »
Apache plans to kill Gulf well after detecting uncontrolled flow
Apache is preparing to kill a Gulf of Mexico well after an uncontrolled flow of fluid in the well prompted workers to activate its blowout preventer. More »
Workers evacuated from offshore well after incident
Non-essential personnel have been evacuated from a shallow-water well Apache Corp. is drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, amid concerns about an underground flow of natural gas at the site. More »
Apache leads in Cook Inlet lease sales
The Houston company spent about $9 million for roughly 515,000 acres, adding to 300,000 acres of leases it acquired in its entry into Alaska’s oil business in August. More »
Apache posts 56 percent jump in quarterly profit
The Houston independent oil and gas firm attributed the performance to higher oil prices and a 25 percent surge in production after a spree of acquisitions in 2010. More »
Move to natural gas vehicles accelerates
The surge in U.S. natural gas production from prolific shale formations has created an abundance of the blue-burning fuel, leading to initiatives in Texas to encourage the build-out of compressed natural gas stations. Among them: A $1.5 million station at Bush Intercontinental Airport to fuel airport shuttles. More »
Apache working on small Gulf gas leak
A shallow water platform used to process natural gas production appears to have a leak about 93 miles off the Louisiana. Apache Corp. is assesing the situation, according to federal officials. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) More »
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