Barge collides with Louisiana oil wellhead

摘要

New York-The US Coast Guard dispatched emergency teams July 27 after a barge struck a shallow-water oil and natural gas well in a coastal Louisiana waterway, the Coast Guard reported. According to a Coast Guard statement, the incident occurred at about 1 am CDT (0600 GMT) July 27 when the tug Pere Ana C, pushing the dredge barge Captain Buford Berry, struck the wellhead while moving through Barataria Bay.