No one was injured Thursday from an explosion at an oil well site in eastern Brazos County, officials said.
A small fire broke out around 11 a.m. after an oil well tank battery exploded near the Petromax Oil Co. facility east of Kurten off Texas 21, but firefighters contained the blaze quickly, Brazos County Precinct 2 Constable Donald Lampo said.
Production facilities typically have a group of tanks that are connected to receive crude oil from a well or a producing lease. In a tank battery, the oil volume is tested before pumping oil into a pipeline system, officials said.
Lampo said some of the crude oil in one of the tanks apparently caused the ignition that led to the explosion.
He said some equipment was damaged but Petromax officials told him it could easily be replaced.
The below map shows police calls reported by the College Station Police Department each day from 6 a.m. to 6 a.m. (indicated by blue markers), police calls reported by the Bryan Police Department daily from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (indicated by yellow markers), as well as incidents reported by The Eagle in Bryan, College Station and surrounding areas (indicated by red markers). Click on individual incidents or markers for details.
Editor's Note: The Eagle has produced this map based on information provided by the College Station and Bryan Police Departments. The map does not include all calls for service and the information is preliminary. Data provided by the police department may not accurately reflect the nature of the calls, and the status of reported incidents may change after further investigation. Locations are approximate.
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