Sentence examples for well leak from inspiring English sources

Then the gulf well leak caused the greatest marine oil spill in United States history.

Such a discovery might well leak: the Customs can be a deplorably leaky organisation and so can the police.

Whatever chunks of DNA are carefully inserted into a bacterium to do some job apparently important for mankind may well leak out into other organisms who are not mankind's friends.

Total said the operation had stopped the well leak within 12 hours and described the development as a "major turning point".

The government agency that regulates Southern California's air quality sued Southern California Gas Co. on Tuesday, accusing the company of negligence in a massive gas well leak that has forced thousands to leave their homes.

The cost of fixing just one abandoned well is put at $100,000.One old well leaked in January, causing a level-2 spill (on a scale of one to three).

The well leaked an estimated 4.9 million barrels, or about 205 million gallons, of oil into the gulf after the Deepwater Horizon drill rig exploded and sank in late April.

TONY HAYWARD, the chief executive of BP, made an astounding admission before Congress last week: after nearly two months of failure, the company and the Coast Guard have no further plans to plug the Macondo oil well leaking into the Gulf.

Even Anadarko, a substantial minority owner of the Macando well leaking into the Gulf, noisily disclaims responsibility.

Oasis Petroleum, whose well leaked more than 67,000 gallons of crude oil last year, endangering a tributary around the Missouri River, topped Cramer's donors, giving $68,500.

Why do so many wells leak this way?