Killer Lake syndrome - might this be what happens at the Louisiana Sinkhole ? Not a dramatic bang or boom - just a silent killer ......Latest news from Lake Fubar as well.......

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2 NEW Fly Over Videos = 42 Seconds TOTAL!

 JANUARY 24, 2013 BY FLYINGCUTTLEFISH

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THEY HAVE ENTIRELY EMPTIED THE WELL PAD

NO TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES

LINK – http://youtu.be/dZV_7dmH6Hc

LINK – http://youtu.be/fPB-e5Qgb4Y

Not from the Parish, by Rainbeaudais:

LINK – http://youtu.be/OWTmXH4xP50

A note about the road work there – from the last DNR Field Update -

Work ongoing to improve rig road west of sinkhole to allow for installation of vent well (ORW 5) and geophone well (G 03) and provide sinkhole containment

Began geotechnical borings on Texas Brine facility in preparation for installation of permanent sinkhole containment system

LA03 – Tremors OFF THE CHART

 JANUARY 24, 2013

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LA03 – at midday CST

Gulf South Has Left the Building, so has Grand Gulf

 JANUARY 24, 2013

They Fled

“Gulf South seeks authority to abandon the Magnolia Gas Storage Facility (Magnolia Facility) at the Napoleonville salt dome in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, and the storage services provided from that facility”

See document  – Jan. 3 date

Gettin’ out while the gettin’ good!

Item sent in by Freedomrox 

Aussie co. Grand Gulf’s exit explanation to investors

“(4) Napoleonville Project, Louisiana (Assumption Parish)
– Napoleonville Hensarling #1 Well (GGP: 3.99% WI; Non-Operator): The Hensarling #1 well,
reached a TVD of 12,445 feet and ran electric logs over the Cris R IV and V sands, but was unable tolocate commercial hydrocarbons. The operator will now plug off the bottom of the well and move to

from comment on ENE-News
testing in the Cris R III and II sands (in that order).”

The Killer Lake Phenomena: Is the Louisiana Sinkhole Becoming the Next “Exploding Lake”?

A tragic phenomenon occurred in Cameroon in the mid 1980s, where lakes seemed to be killing people. The first event happened in 1984, when 37 people near Lake Monoun died suddenly. The second event, however, was much more deadly. In August 1986, Lake Nyos released a cloud of carbon dioxide (CO2) which hugged the ground and flowed down surrounding valleys to suffocate thousands of local villagers and animals. Overall, more than 1,700 people were killed as far as 26 km away from the lake. A third lake, Lake Kivu, on the Congo-Rwanda border in Central Africa, is also known to act as a reservoir of carbon dioxide and methane. These three lakes contain very high concentrations of CO2 in their depths and can be lethal to thousands of people that live around them. If Lake Kivu were to explode, over two million people who live around it would be in danger. – USGS

It has been recently reported that the Louisiana sinkhole contains large concentration of CO2 and methane which could explode. Moreover, officials ask residents to leave their houses and yet the workers have to move. Although the geological conditions are totally different, it may turn out that the too high methane and carbonic acid concentrations measured in the sinkhole water (reports of bubbling at the surface) may be once released in the air (like in Africa), thus becoming the next exploding lake.

If you have the time, look at this 45 Min movie from National Geographic on this topic

The scientific explanation

The science behind the buildup of CO2 is fairly simple. These deep lakes occur near a dormant volcano. The real danger is generated by subsurface magma about 50 miles below the lakes. The magma releases the CO2 and other gases, which travel upward through the Earth. The CO2, instead of being released harmlessly into the atmosphere, collects in the cold water at the bottom of the lake. The amount of gas that can be dissolved in the water is dependent on water temperature and pressure. The greater the pressure and colder the water, the more gas can be trapped. None of this would be particularly hazardous if the water at the bottom of the lake were to regularly rise to the surface, where the gas could be safely released. The problem is that the waters of these lakes, like many tropical lakes, are usually quite still with little annual mixing of the water layers. Over time, the lowest levels of the lakes become super-saturated with CO2. This gas can quickly escape when the lake is disturbed by a landslide, earthquake, violent storm, or other disturbance. The sudden release of CO2 can be fatal. CO2 is heavier than air and when it was released in previous explosions it poured over the rim of the crater and down into the surrounding low-lying valleys. Although CO2 normally makes up 0.03% of the atmosphere, concentrations of more than 10% can be fatal. The unfortunate villagers around Lake Nyos literally suffocated under the heavy poisonous cloud of CO2 gas. –USGS

Solutions to the problem

Since then, engineers have been artificially removing the gas from the lake through piping. This photo shows the Lake Nyos pipe in operation. The 200-meter-long pipe is suspended from the raft and allows gas-rich water from the lake bottom to vent to the surface, where the CO2 dissipates into the atmosphere at a controlled rate. The shed on the control raft is about 6 feet high and the fountain is about 120 feet high. There are no pumps involved because the CO2 drives the fountain, just like a shaken bottle of champagne.

In the USA

While exploding lakes in Cameroon are unique, volcanic CO2 poses problems in some areas of the U.S., as well. In fact, in 1994, USGS researchers discovered that large volumes of CO2 were seeping from beneath Mammoth Mountain, a young volcano in the Long Valley area of California. The seepage was triggered by a persistent swarm of earthquakes, and killed more than 100 acres of trees. The CO2 also forced the U.S. Forest Service to close the area to camping. The USGS continues to monitor this area, where earthquakes and gas seepage remain a concern.

Meanwhile back at Lake Fubar , news of the day......h/t Louisiana Sinkhole bugle 

http://lasinkhole.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/big-trouble-pad/

Big Trouble at Cracking Well Pad + Tues. Night News

 JANUARY 23, 2013 BY FLYINGCUTTLEFISH

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The well pad -

AND -

JAN. 22 Inspection Report from DNR

Inspection Reports main page with MORE PHOTOS

Thanks to reader tip from Freedomrox 

Shaw has a document up with PHOTOS, pictures of the FLARING and a lot of CHARTS from Dec. 18.

Texas Brine plans to continue with the thumper truck – see bottom ofthis field update.

WAFB – Texas Brine begins building access road near sinkhole –VIDEO

We hope this LA13 chart is showing thumper truck activity – -

original – LA13

Tues. News . . . and it ain’t good!

 JANUARY 23, 2013

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ENE-News - 11 new bubble sites found in a row outside giant sinkhole — “Discovery has led to speculation it marks edge of suspected subsidence zone” (PHOTOS)

The Advocate – New bubble site found southwest of sinkhole

“The sites bring to 34 the number of known bubble sites in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou areas in the vicinity of the sinkhole on Texas Brine Co. LLC’s leased property.

Scientists think the Houston-based company’s salt cavern in the Napoleonville Dome failed deep underground, causing the sinkhole and unleashing oil and natural gas from formations along the salt dome face. That free gas is thought to be surfacing through many bubble sites and the sinkhole.”

The new bubbling wasn’t even found by “a representative of the landowner found the bubble sites late last week while checking the property from an airboat” (!)  Is BUTANE being released??

[snip] . . . “Boudreaux said Shaw and a contractor for Texas Brine collected samples from the frothing site Tuesday morning. Parish officials collected samples from another sizeable site on Sunday . . .  The samples will undergo isotopic tests to identify the sites’ source and other tests that will show what kinds of gas are being released, such as methane or butane.”

AND -

“Sites farthest from the sinkhole have been determined to be releasing so-called “swamp gas,” which results from the decay of organic matter. Still other sites have been shown to be producing a blend of both kinds of gas.”  - That answers some old questions.

Freedomrox says Texas Brine goofed up.  The MAP page  has the new bubble site map added.

LINK – http://youtu.be/x5eLkcehezE

Wildly Bubbling Gases Near Catastrophic Louisiana Sinkhole

The Killer Lake Phenomena: Is the Louisiana Sinkhole Becoming the Next “Exploding Lake”?

DEQ Monitoring smells that began in the evening in  St. Bernard Parish Jan. 10^th

St. Bernard Parish is far west of Assumption Parish on the coast. Map.

Residents – The Parish blog says: Starting this Thursday (tomorrow, January 24, 2013), evacuee assistance distribution will take place at the Command Post in Bayou Corne due to renovations within the St. Joseph the Worker church parish.

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Drainage  operation in Ascension Parish after all that rain last week.  We added a MAP that shows where Assumption Parish is.