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Bill Barrett Details West Tavaputs Fire Damage, Injuries

Bill Barrett Corporation has reported a second update on its West Tavaputs natural gas program following the compressor station fire announced on November 20, 2012. One of the injured employees has been released from the hospital and the second injured employee continues to receive treatment at the University of Utah Hospital Burn Center.
As previously announced, the Dry Canyon compressor station suffered extensive damage, and the facility is insured. The Company continues to produce approximately 33 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) net (49 MMcf/d gross) of natural gas from the area and has initiated efforts to reroute natural gas to its two other compressor stations in the area. A bypass pipeline to reroute natural gas previously sent to the Dry Canyon compressor station to the…
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