Workers at a blown oil well that's been spewing large quantities of natural gas in eastern Wyoming have begun trying to plug the well with mud. The operation began about 9:30 Friday morning and was expected to take several hours. The newly drilled well owned by Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy blew out Tuesday afternoon. Potentially explosive methane gas has been roaring from the ground at the site five miles northeast of Douglas. The situation prompted an evacuation advisory for 67 people living within 2.5 miles. Fifty people heeded the advisory but have been allowed to come and go from their homes. Workers staged equipment to plug the well but shifting winds blew gas over their equipment Thursday. Westerly winds Friday enabled them to safely approach the well and begin plugging.
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