Apache Corp., regulators investigating potential gas leak in US Gulf

Apache Corporation and US regulators are investigating a potential natural gas leak at an offshore production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the independent producer said Tuesday.
Apache said a hydrocarbon sheen was discovered in the water near its production platform in East Cameron Block 278 as the company was permanently plugging and abandoning nearby by non-producing wells. Apache said its workers saw bubbling in the water Sunday, followed by the sheen on Monday.
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Source: The Platts