A hydrogen sulfide leak at Utah's most historically productive oil and gas field has led residents of San Juan County to call for greater regulation of Elk Petroleum's operations on Navajo Nation ...

The smell of oil wells has long permeated Caldwell County, near Austin and San Antonio. Now researchers have documented wells releasing dangerous amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas.

Poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas is well-known in the oil field for its ability to kill quickly, but less understood are the effects on neighborhoods near oil production sites that are regularly ...

B renham emergency officials briefly issued a shelter-in-place order for residents near Oil Field Road after workers drilling a water well struck pockets of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and oil ...

HOUSTON — Brenham emergency officials briefly issued a shelter-in-place order for residents near Oil Field Road after workers drilling a water well struck pockets of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and ...

Many oil field workers keep H2S monitors on them to alert them to high levels of the gas, which has a strong smell similar to rotten eggs. What does hydrogen sulfide do to your body?

The oil of these wells - rich in sulfur - contains very high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which can cause a contamination of 250,000ppm (ppm=parts per million) within the ambient air ...

The first readings Abigail Edgar took of hydrogen sulfide and methane at oil fields in Caldwell County in 2021 were so high that she thought her equipment was malfunctioning. “It was off the scales.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Monday authorized a pilot project that will shoot natural gas back underground to squeeze more oil out of the Bakken, a process that could ...

Operating Tengiz is tricky because lethal hydrogen sulfide gas must be removed from the oil. Still, the field’s enormous output keeps costs low. The bill for this expansion is likely to be as ...

Given that hydrogen sulfide is such a risk to workers, care must be taken to protect and prevent exposure, particularly when working with lesser-known methods and in more dangerous settings, such ...