Prompt response to gas well leakage keeps locals safe, sound

Rescue worker prepare for the rescue operation at Luojia No. 2 Gas Well in Gaoqiao Town in Kaixian County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on March 27, 2006. (Photo: Xinhua)

    CHONGQING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Though emergency workers are yet to plug the leaking gas well close to his home, Xiong Shuzhou feels perfectly safe at his temporary lodging 30 kilometers away from the leakage site. <<Full Story

Workers still trying to contain gas leak

    BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Workers failed to cover the gas well yesterday in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, which started leaking on Saturday morning. <<Full Story

Residents around gas leak site in SW China resettled

    CHONGQING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Measures have been taken to help residents who were evacuated from a gas well hit by a gas leak in a southwestern Chinese town on Saturday. <<Full Story

Proposal made to handle gas leak in Chongqing

    BEIJING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- China's State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) has made a four-point proposal on how to handle the gas leak at the Luojia No.2 gas well in Gaoqiao Town of Kaixian County, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. <<Full Story

Capping of gas well starts in Chongqing

A rescue worker (R) checks his sulfureted hydrogen detector before the rescue operation at Luojia No. 2 Gas Well in Gaoqiao Town in Kaixian County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, on March 26, 2006. (Photo: Xinhua)

    CHONGQING, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Workers started to shut down the Luojia No. 2 gas well hit by a gas leakage in Gaoqiao Town of Kaixian County, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, at 10:00 Monday morning. <<Full Story

Emergency measures in place to stop gas leak in Chongqing

    CHONGQING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Emergency measures are being taken to close the well hit by a gas leak in a southwestern Chinese town, a senior official with the well's owner China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said Sunday. <<Full Story

Gas leakage hits C. China metropolis

    CHONGQING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Oil workers have ignited a gas well which had a gas leak in Kaixian County of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Saturday morning. <<Full Story