Wild Well Control
{{Short description|Well control company based in Houston, Texas}}
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Wild Well Control is a well control company based in Houston, Texas that has worked to mitigate several high-profile well control issues including the Kuwaiti oil fires and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
According to its website it has responded to 2,700 well control and pressure control events including the majority of the large international well control emergencies.{{cite web|url=http://www.wildwell.com/index.php?page=experience |title=Wild Well Control, Inc. - Houston, Texas - Experience |publisher=Wildwell.com |access-date=2010-06-13}}
It is a subsidiary of Superior Energy Services.
History
Founded in 1975, Wild Well is the world's leading provider of onshore and offshore well control emergency response, pressure control, relief well planning, engineering, and training services. Wild Well Control was founded by Joe R. Bowden Sr. in 1975 (July 15, 1932 – November 12, 2006).{{cite web|url=http://www.wildwell.com/index.php?page=joe-r-bowden-sr |title=Joe R. Bowden, Sr |website=Wild Well Control|access-date=2010-06-13}} Its main competition was Red Adair and Company. In 1991 it was one of the companies used to cap the Kuwaiti oil fires. Its involvement was the subject of the documentary Fires of Kuwait. In 2001 it was acquired by Superior Energy Services.{{cite web|url=http://www.wildwell.com/index.php?page=about-us |title=About Wild Well Control|website=Wild Well Control|access-date=2010-06-13}}
In 2008 it received a contract for $750 million to decommission seven downed platforms and related well facilities located offshore Louisiana belonging to BP, Chevron and Apache.
In 2010 it was designated by BP to come up with a way to cap the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.{{cite web|url=http://www.financialpost.com/news/Wild+Well+containment+struggle/3142584/story.html |title=Wild Well mum on BP containment struggle |website=Financial Post|access-date=2010-06-13}}
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External links
- [http://www.wildwell.com/ wildwell.com]
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Category:Well control companies
Category:Oil companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in Houston
Category:Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Category:Energy companies established in 1975
Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1975
Category:1975 establishments in Texas
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