Second oilfield worker dies from blast at Texas drill site -Chesapeake

Forbes Energy Services

31/01/2020 21:38

Jan 31 (Reuters) - A second oilfield worker has died from
injuries suffered in a explosion at a Texas drilling site
earlier in the week, oil and gas company Chesapeake Energy
 CHK.N  said on Friday. 
    The worker was being treated for burns suffered on Wednesday
after natural gas leaked from a well near Deanville, Texas, and
exploded. Two other employees remain hospitalized, Chesapeake,
the owner of the well, said on Friday. 

 (Reporting by Liz Hampton
Editing by Chris Reese)
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