From left, Mark Brandon, president and CEO of Tanos Exploration of Tyler, along with Jerry Froidl, Tanos’ vice president of health, safety and environmental, give an update Saturday on the Christmas Day gas well blowout in Harrison County.

ELYSIAN FIELDS — Natural gas is still spewing from the Christmas Day well blowout in Harrison County, but officials with Tanos Exploration said over the weekend that they hope to have the well capped by Monday.

“If all things go according to plan, and so far, we’ve made a lot of progress in getting to this point in preparation, hopefully we’ll have this well under control by sometime late Monday afternoon or evening,” Mark Brandon, president and CEO of Tanos Exploration, said Saturday while giving an update during a news conference at Emergency Services District No. 3 in Elysian Fields.

The blowout was caused by a failure of a wellhead, according to officials. Brandon said the last couple of days have been spent preparing for the capping process.

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