Louisiana
sinkhole now 24 acres
Officials
issue cease and desist order after gas found “approaching explosive
level” coming from hole in front of homes
21
July, 2013
WWL
– AM870, July
21, 2013: Parish workers discovered water and debris moving inside
the containment berm area early Friday. Bubbles on the water’s
surface indicated a gas release, and there were tremors felt in the
area. [...] The periodic ‘burp’ was the second in two days
and the fourth in the past two-and-a-half weeks, according to parish
officials. [...] The [blue ribbon] commission, thus far, has not been
able to come up with a reasonable prediction of what the future holds
for the area.
The
Advocate,
July 20, 2013: The 24-acre Assumption Parish sinkhole underwent a
periodic burp early Friday [...] on Friday, Conservation Commissioner
James Welsh ordered Texas Brine Co. to cease a type of earth-probing
test aimed at seeing where gas is in the shallow rock under Bayou
Corne. [...] In addition to the sinkhole, gas is being released from
bubbling sites in area bayous and is thought to be gathered in an
aquifer and even in shallower rock under the communities. Welsh’s
order follows Boudreaux’s cease and desist order to Texas Brine
earlier this week after residents complained about a plugged probe
site leaking gas in front of homes [...] he tested the hole and found
leaking gas at a concentration that was approaching an explosive
level.
See
also: Video:
Official unable to find bottom of giant Louisiana sinkhole during
depth survey -- All of 750 foot measuring cord used
Hydrogeologist:
I’m not kidding, we honestly don’t know what’s going on in
cavern below giant sinkhole
“Nobody’s
ever encountered anything like this in history of mankind” —
World’s top experts don’t even have a good hypothesis —
Wellhead pressure now up to almost 600 psi (VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgL6gDtdiBQ
21
July, 2013
Gary Hecox, CB&I hydrogeologist: This is going to not satisfy you, but we honestly don’t know.
We have talked to some of the leading experts in the world as too what could be causing this. We don’t know. Nobody’s ever encountered anything like this in the history of mankind.
I’m not kidding, what’s going on with that cavern where it’s going up several hundred feet and down several hundred feet, we don’t know if it’s some equipment issues or if there’s something going on in the cavern that we don’t understand. The pressure in the cavern continues to slowly increase. It’s up now to almost 600psi in the wellhead, that’s brine pressure not gas. […]
I don’t even have a good hypothesis to tell you. […]
The world experts have looked at this and we don’t know.
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