Walter reports blowout, 44 evacuated

A total of 44 workers have been evacuated from a Hercules Offshore jack-up rig in the shallow-water Gulf of Mexico after a "well-control incident" was reported at a natural gas well.

Hercules rig: Experienced well-control problem Tuesday
Hercules rig: Experienced well-control problem Tuesday
Published 23 July 2013, 17:38Updated 11 October 2016, 13:44