Volunteer firefighters from Hudson went to the scene — south of Greeley near the Sand Hills — on Friday afternoon. And somebody put out emergency absorbent booms to protect water.
There was no indication company workers were hurt or that oil contaminated surface water. A home was evacuated.
“It is my understanding the well is now under control,” state natural resources spokesman Todd Hartman said Monday evening.
No estimates of the amount of oil spilled were provided.
A Weld County Sheriff dispatcher received a call from a resident at 3:13 p.m. Friday, agency spokesman Matt Turner said. “The caller stated there was oil coming out of one of the rigs and spilling onto the road. … They just said it was coming over the top and spilling over into the street.”
A county road crew put up barricades around the intersection of Weld County roads 41 and 18, authorities said.
An Anadarko crew had been working at the well when it blew, according to a company report to state regulators.
Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission regulators went to the scene.
Roads were re-opened Sunday afternoon, county emergency manager Roy Rudisill said.
“The oil and gas company will have to remediate anything associated with that,” Rudisill said. “They will follow up to make sure it is all taken care of and cleaned up.”
State, county and local authorities referred queries to Anadarko, saying company officials could provide details of what happened.
A contact phone number listed on the state report was dysfunctional, but Anadarko spokeswoman Robin Olsen responded to an e-mail Monday evening confirming the blowout has stopped.
“We, along with the assistance of third-party response specialists, have the well under control and flow contained,” Olsen wrote. “We will provide additional information as appropriate.”
