CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Repairs to a natural gas well off the Texas coast that started leaking last week will take longer than expected, officials said.
But the City of Corpus Christi said in a Tuesday evening news release that the company handling the repairs needs additional equipment to replace a leaking valve.
In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, natural gas is release from an oil platform approximately three miles offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.
(U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)The city said additional elements of the wellhead also need to be repaired before the replacement can be completed.
Last month, four people were killed when a dredging vessel in the Port of Corpus Christi hit a submerged propane pipeline, causing an explosion.