Monday, May 20, 2013

Louisiana sinkhole news - focus on cavern inventories of LPG , methane in well water ......

http://lasinkhole.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/timebomb/

h/t Louisiana sinkhole Bugle.....


Explosive TIMEBOMB in Assumption Parish

No wonder they try and hide their cavern inventories from the public!There is only a state directive to Crosstex to get rid of product near the expanding out-of-control salt dome collapse below Lake FUBAR. That means these figures from last Sept. on this map are pretty much the same as all oil and gas companies report ‘business as usual” in Assumption Parish.

As of Sept. 2012 there were OVER 120 MILLION BARRELSof LPG just in the map area . . . not counting the rest of Assumption Parish.

 DOW + KDS product shown on the map  =   120,793,163     
And checking just ONE of the natural gas caverns we see MORE than 15 MILLION BARRELS in one spot.
CHEVRON NATURAL GAS 
Ser. #  972568      Well#  001       15,510,000  barrels nat’l gas  < Freedomrox says they emptied that cavern.  No natural gas left in it.
We didn’t bother doing all the math on the others on the map.
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The Math

= = =    DOW  = = =   tot.  114441908  BARRELS LPG
ser. #    Well#    LPG AMT.


972001     022    9290486
187182     017    3550759
181612     016    2372376
972247     009A    6711632
145921     009    6277622
145382     010    9266456
971766     003A    1620788
971487     003    1620788
971540     001    1538150
971541     002    1373980
122209    007    4142803
138107    008    4727557
973102    008A    4727557
= = =  KDS PROMIX      tot.  6351255  BARRELS LPG
971357    005    1660788
971356    004    1372759
971355    003    1866601
971358    006    1451107
===  DOW + KDS  tot.  =   120,793,163         = = = =

Myriad of Caverns with Explosive LPG at Bayou Corne May be WORSE than Butane

On this map (9-2012) where we found the methane in the water wells there is a cluster of DOW storage caverns east of Grand Bayou that say they have LPG stored in them. We posted earlier that LPG stands for Liquefied Petroleum Gas and is a mix of propane and butane. The water wells are NOT the drinking water which is piped in.
When you look up the wells on the map the SONRIS records have lousy (or scrubbed) data on the cavern contents. SONRIS  product type ’00′ means NO PRODUCT SPECIFIED(!).
We assume it is still LPG as it is hugely profitable right now and there’s a new export terminal for it in Texas.
Here are some of the wells in the cluster – there’s more on the map
We were about to look up these 3 DOW LPG storage cavern records but the SONRIS pooped out on us. So let’s look at how much LPG these 3 caverns contain -
  • Well # 122209 -   4,142,803  BARRELS of LPG
  • Well # 973102 -   4,727,557  BARRELS of LPG
  • Well # 138107 -   4,727,557  BARRELS of LPG
TOTAL BARRELS  (just those 3) – 13,597,917

THAT’S OVER  13½ MILLION BARRELS – in just 3 caverns. . . near an uncontrolled collapsing salt dome!

That would make quite a rumble if air somehow got in, say in an earthquake, and set them off!

Displaced Residents Fed Up + Sunday News

Buyout delays have Bayou Corne residents outraged

BAYOU CORNE,LA (NBC33) — People living in Bayou Corne have had enough of waiting to be bought out. They say Texas Brine is wasting time and not giving any one an offer.
“Texas Brine playing a game of we’ll frustrate you. We will promise you things. We’ll disappoint you,” Nick Romero, Bayou Corne resident, described.
Texas Brine crews have appraised homes in the area, but so far no one has received a buyout offer. . . .
Thanks to Freedomrox for this tip - ;)

Lake Peigneur controversy seeks resolution

SB200 Lobby Squad:

A big vote Monday at the state senate to reconsider sb200. Let them know how you feel! Contact info is on the LEAN legislative preview page. It has a button link on the sidebar too.
Lots of seismic monitor activity.  LA14 going off full blast since midnight. Are they drilling, driving work trucks etc. at 3 and 4 a.m. there? Maybe a pump or machine doing the geo-phone installation. Cave-in and crumbling below usually looks more sporadic.
This weekly SONRIS report (well info from DNR) says (p. 4) a lot going on at Lake Verret and Gulf South is busy in Assumption Parish… and they are not putting in geo-phones.

New Madrid Fault Zone

  • 2.1 quake Damascus, Arkansas < MAP  < ~30 mi. from  rad_Y_tiny Arkansas One Nuclear Power Plant
  • 1.5 quake Dell, Arkansas < MAP
  • 1.9 quake Sale Creek, Tennessee < MAP  < next to 2 nuke plantsrad_Y_tiny  Watts Bar & Sequoyah

Found: How much METHANE is in well-water in Bayou Corne

This Sept. 2012 DNR map has just been put up on the ‘Methane’ page. Amounts of methane exceed 20,000 ug/l in some wells.
methane_in_water
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE
On the measurement (ug/l) Freedomrox says -
ppm stands for parts per million. There is 1000g in a kg, 1,000,000 mg in a kg, and 1,000,000,000 ug in a kg.
1000ug/kg is therefore 1ppm
1800ug/L is 1.8ppm.
So we are talking about 20.4 ppm. Essentially useless as a water well because of gas infiltration, and highly dangerous to liquid products, without extensive liberation and filtration of methane gas.

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