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Did BP’s Corexit ‘Push’ Crude Up to the Sinkhole?
We MISSED this Dec. 2 story from theBayou Corne Sinkhole blog -
Could Corexit have made BP crude travel to sinkhole disaster site?
A disturbing scientific report released this week implies the possibility thatCorexit 9500A used to cover up BP oil after the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe began in April 2010 could make crude oil travel underground for long distances, possibly as far as the historic Bayou Corne sinkhole where crude from an unknown source is being released. . .
Friday News
The Advocate – Gas trapped near sinkhole
By David J. Mitchell
An as-yet undetermined amount of natural gas is trapped in the aquifer underneath the Bayou Corne community, state and parish officials have said.
The area has been rattled by earth tremors, has waterways with gas bubbling to the surface, and is in the vicinity of a 4-acre sinkhole south of La. 70 that has grown larger since its emergence Aug. 3. Bayou Corne’s 150 households have been evacuated since the sinkhole appeared just off the edge of the Napoleonville Dome, a 1-mile-by-3-mile underground salt deposit. . . .
. . . The aquifer under Assumption Parish is not used as its major water source — Bayou Lafourche is — but some parish officials say they are concerned the odorless, colorless gas underground could accumulate unseen to explosive concentrations if left unchecked. . . .
Look at that! The sinkhole sharnk down to just 8 acres in size! 30-50% shrinkage! A miracle! Earth-to-Texas Brine, come in. Buy the home-owners out NOW! Over.
Crosstex has a newish update on the butane cavern (from Dec. 21st)
LA10:
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Texas Brine has a new update . . . and . . . Texas Brine says in this Injunctive Relief Filing they are working like crazy to assess the situation so they can get the best solution worked out. And they stress they are primarily concerned with public safety. . . and. . .
The Advocate - Texas Brine balks at order
By David J. Mitchell
Texas Brine Co. LLC has asked state District Court in Baton Rouge to permanently block the Louisiana Office of Conservation’s latest directives compelling new investigations into the underground effects of an evolving, 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish.
The Houston company challenged in court the underlying emergency and factual basis for the Dec. 7 directives and alleged an administrative hearing should have first been held by Louisiana Conservation Commissioner James Welsh.
Filed Dec. 28 in 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish, the six-page suit asserts the state’s move ignores “more reasonable, scientifically sound and safer methods for accomplishing the goals” identified in Welsh’s order.
The suit disputes the need for the order’s various directives, including the drilling of two 6,000-foot-deep seismic exploratory wells near the sinkhole, which Texas Brine argues could increase the risk of danger to the public and environment. . . .
Stuart Smith Blog: That takes nerve! Texas Brine challenges La’s tepid sinkhole response
http://lasinkhole.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/well-heads/
A Look at the Some Well Heads, revised
REVISED
Keith C. Mandeville relates well heads are visible in this LEAN photo taken Dec. 21st. -
they are at the top left . . . here’s a blow up – (not from the butane cavern)
Original photo – Sinkhole From Collapsed Brine Cavern, Bayou Corne, LA by Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper(a project of LEAN)
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From Face Book: Here is where the butane is stored.
One big storage place and the next one is where Crosstex is moving some of it for safety.
More on the location of the butane caverns.
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Sinkhole (Lake FUBAR) Bubbling Away
New DNR photos sent in by Freedomrox -
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A CONTAINED OIL LEAK??
Freedomrox also sent this picture (from the DNR inspection reports page) that, when blown up, shows what looks like the barf contents.
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rehash of notable items from Energy News blogspot from the holiday season - just in case these were overlooked by folks....
