Apache Gets U.S. Approval for Plugging Work in Gulf
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Apache Corp., the largest independent U.S. oil company based on market value, said the government approved a permit to resume plugging and abandonment operations at a platform in the Gulf of Mexico that was near what regulators call a natural-gas leak.
The East Cameron Block 278 Platform B gas processing platform was evacuated Jan. 16 after workers reported what looked like gas bubbling to the surface of the water, according to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. Related pipelines and facilities were shut.