Fox Creek-area gas well capped 6 days after blowout

A natural gas well that has been spewing gas and condensate in northwest Albertafor six days has finally been capped.

• Natural gas well blowout near Fox Creek being monitored

Encana crews capped thedamaged wellhead in the Duvernay area, near Fox Creek, just before 2 p.m. Sunday.

In a news release, Encana spokesman Jay Averill said the company willensureany environmental damage will beremediated.

"There is an environmental team on the ground assessing the area and developing a remediation plan," he said. "In addition, we are working to determine the cause of the incident in order to prevent a similar incident from happening in the future."

The Alberta Energy Regulator said there wasno impacton areawaterways or wildlife.

Fox Creek isabout260 kilometresnorthwestof Edmonton.