Published: January 12th, 2013 at 2:35 am ET
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Title: Bayou Corne Update
Source: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Author: Shauna Sanford
Date: Jan. 11, 2013
h/t Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle
Shauna Sanford, LPB: The bubbling has multiplied significantly since the sinkhole was first discovered […]
John [Boudreaux, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for Assumption Parish], says the gas currently leaking from the sinkhole is building up in the water aquifer. It’s called free gas and it’s crucial it be vented out. […]
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Published: January 12th, 2013 at 2:35 am ET
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This was to be expected since they are doing a Vertical Seismic Profile survey. If you will check the DNR Inspection Reports, then you will see most wells shut in and not flaring between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
This is not said to downplay anything, for it is unreal the amount of new bubbling sites that have popped up in the last year. Yes, that is not a typo, in the last year….
On top of all of this, newer information has been found and can be read at: GULF SOUTH DRILLING NEAR LOUISIANA SINKHOLE
http://freedomrox.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/gulf-south-drilling-near-louisiana-sinkhole/
(Shameless plug) Yet important information that needs addressed.
More info is on the way. This disaster was foreseen by the State of Louisiana as much as it was by Texas Brine. Both should be aiding the people instead of abandoning them as they have done!
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That's an informative and strong article on wordpress FREEDOMROX. I honestly fail to see how Governor Jindal can continue to ignore Bayou Corne's residents! They must be feeling an incredible amount of frustration. As an aside, I , as you know, live in Canada but have two sons – in – law that are American living in Washington State. I asked them of their opinion about the sinkhole and they both replied that they knew nothing of it. It looks as though the media coverup is quite successful at this point but at least my sons – in – law know now. I'm bringing this up with many that I know in hopes of generating some awareness of this environmental disaster and failure of leadership.
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That's all anyone can ask for Stebe. I am sure the folks of Belle Rose, Bayou Corne, and Pierre Part, thanks you for your efforts.
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keystroke error, "Steve", apologies.
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After reading the Sept. 25, 2010 Vertical Seismic Profile, I now know how to solve the riddle of the sinkhole. But who on earth down there would I call that would listen to me? Conundrum indeed!
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Thad, for once I could use your help and you are MIA here and on FB. I know fuzzy wuzzy pictures are nice to "Like", but this is very serious. Maybe tomorrow, or I will find a Drilling Engineer on my own. Finally a way to stop this rampant pollution is at hand. If you want to be a local hero, Thad…now's the time to step up.
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Also, this story can be found at the Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle at:
GULF SOUTH DRILLING NEAR LOUISIANA SINKHOLE
http://lasinkhole.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/5659/#comments
The locals story here on ENENEWS is essential to understanding just how deperate these folks are becoming.
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I'm trying to find the story that goes to this vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1g64Q1kcPI
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Ya..here..
Huge Oil Blowout In Assumption Parish, Louisiana
http://bpoilslick.blogspot.com/2010/08/huge-oil-blowout-in-assumption-parish.html
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Let me clarify this is a story concerning August 13, 2010.
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Exploratory well blows near La. Hwy. 70
http://www.katc.com/news/exploratory-well-blows-near-la-hwy-70/
Look at the second story down..no sense opening it..it's gone..
"Contractors replaced a blowout preventer… more » "
http://www.katc.com/tags/well_blowout/
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While its an old news report..yup..it blew..was a mess. Was it the start of sinkhole problems?…or a warning…you bet.
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"Assumption well cleanup will take 6 months", In the article from 2010, HotR, they say six months cleanup time for a single well blowout.
This is the first time that it crosses my mind that this huge mess may not in fact be recoverable even in a matter of MANY YEARS!!!
I guess a buyout for affected residents could be inevitable but what about those living close by but not within certain defined locations?
Thank you for your links and information.
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The people of Belle Rose and Pierre Part are in just as much danger as Bayou Corne. It is sickening.
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PS..7200 ft..
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I think so too..there is something very wrong going on with the geology under Assumption Parish,Louisiana..travel Hwy.70 ..at your own risk.
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Was there a conclusion to this situation?
The people must not accept open ended situations.
Nov 5 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THbRccYucWM&list=PLFF428CCFA21E23CA&index=31
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This is all I could find on it, Rose, so far.
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/reports/rwservlet?standard_web+inc_seq=1030328
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It was investigated as soon as vessel could reach the platform– It was a leaking flow line. Iwner shut in and repaired.
As far as 'unknown sunstance' that was the reporting pilots statement– He did not know..
The YT was from 'idahopicker' who loves to play the game. It was not a blow out "near the BP DWH disaster' Not by 60 miles.
Frox can give a better "recommendation" for the'idahopicker'
http://blog.skytruth.org/2012/11/small-but-common-oil-leak-in-east-bay.html
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Lots of leaks in the area..it 'feels' weird..
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Rose, what is of more concern to me is the orphaned wells on land and offshore. Many do not know that while the Macondo disaster was taking place that a Tug vessel hit an abandoned gas well in Barataria Waterway on July 27, 2010, which highlights the haphazard way that wellheads are abandoned or orphaned. (Video included)
http://www.wwltv.com/news/Wellhead-hit-leaking-oil-near-Bayou-St-Denis-99313024.html
I have nothing to do with Idahopicker, so I do not appreciate the "implication". Also, please come up with something better than 'Frox'. Most use Free, Rox, or FR, thanks.
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Free– Peace- your opinion of the 'picker' is every bit as low as my own- mentioned you for verification as some here not knowing me might think I was just bad mouthing. Note "recommendation" is in quotation marks..
Depleted wellheads are a problem, depending on whose count 2,400 to 6,000. When depleted instead of going through the proper procedures and cost to P&A. Claim they are shut-in to let pressure build. There is a time frame/production requirement but— Then DNR forgets and no follow-up and they sit there forgotten and ignored —
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LDNR is negligent in my book, Thad. I can understand losing a few 50 year old documents, but some are less than two years old. INHO, this is unacceptable, considering the exhorbitant budgets LDNR, and LDEQ command.
It's for darn sure that well wasn't depleted.
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Depletion – we think of as finished – empty. To oil companys depletion is when the production profit is less than the cost of operations/ maintenance. Large part depends on price of oil. Some marginal wells are shut in waiting for price of oil to go back up.
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Seems like leaving nitro in a bottle out in the elements and sun until you need it again…just IMHO.
Thad can you check your FB messages, please?
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Thanks for the reply…FREEDOMROX..I dont recall replying to you more than once..If I misspelled your name..I shant again.(reply).
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..I meant to post the title..
5 NOV: Unknown Substance Poring into Ocean off LA Coast.
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Slightly OT, but in the waste hole category. Thad, I spent some time with my wife's brother-in-law and his wife (my wife's sister). I jogged his memory about the truck trailer incident I mentioned a week ago in which his irradiated truck trailer with fracking waste was seized by the disposal place for excess radiation.
I thought he said his trailer was dumped in a salt dome (or salt mine/cavern) in Pennsylvannia about 35 years ago.
So I asked him to try and remember more details. Turns out his wife was on the truck run with him and she corrobated his story. But they weren't sure if the trailer went into a cavern or mine.
Here's the full story as he explained it today: They drove a sealed cargo of oil field waste in his refrigerated ttrailer to a highly secured waste facility near Philadelphia. Lots of guys running the place (he didn't say if they were armed guards, but I got the impression they were not Dr. Pepper types).
He was wearing a pocket dosimeter. The guys had special utility carts (thought he said tunnel kings?) Have to ask him again next Saturday. He and his wife were not allowed to see the unloading nor where they carried off the waste. So he was unsure what type of disposal technique they were using.
So he and his wife come back in a few minutes to get their truck and trailer and the guys tell him the trailer was hot and was going to have be buried at the facility. Since he owned the trailer and truck he was upset ($34,000 trailer). …TBC..
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So there was intense negotiations, land line calls to the insurance company and his employer and finally he was able to be satisfied he would be paid for his trailer.
I am thinking a Mafia operation myself. Might even have old Jimmy Hoffa on that place…liquified.
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If it were a little earlier this could have been debris or irradiated gear from one of the Opearation Plowshare/ Project Gas Buggy events.Possible wells drill in area around detonation site(s)testing
That is the only place where the information available shows drilling and high levels of radiation crossing.
Or it could have something totally different and nuke oil field debris was the story big bro gave him. I know it is hard to believe our gov would lie–
The gov did some amazingly stupid things in the 60-70s
And Joe Public was just as oblivious then as they are today—
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Good catch Thad…I am thinking the same. Fracking waste shouldn't be bad enough to contaminate a reefer truck, but who knows? Maybe it was a government bomb test down a deep drilling hole left some nasty debris. Or maybe it was other nuclear plant debris they were transferring. Makes sense.
Scary thought if Big Brother was moving around such debris outside major cities to secret dump sites. I wouldn't be surprised.
But we have nasty nuclear stuff in Texas being sent out to Andrews County to Harold Simmon's little stink pot site.
And now I hear a another Texas nuclear dump is going into play fairly quietly under the radar! I will post news of this new nuclear waste site in General Discussion in a minute.
Thanks for your analysis.
Cheers,
SP
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Been a couple weeks now since last flyover. Gotta be a mess with all the rain lately. Surely water is at the highway by now. Any news on this that I have missed?
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Hey Freedomrox – question for you. Do you think that a breach in one of the butane storage caverns could be the source of the bubbleing in the bayous and or be a contributing factor in the sinkhole? As in mabey a siesmic event or drilling mistake compromising the side of one of those gas storage caverns which in turn created or contributed to the sinkhole and bayou bubbleing way back in the beginning of this situation? Has anyone taken direct samples of the bayou bubbleing and analyzed for origin of source, or has it been 100 percent confirmed that the bubbleing is natural occuring methane only?
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One more question to anyone that has the answer. They had discovered diesel as one of the byproducts coming up from the sinkhole. I know that diesel is one of the fluids used in the fracking process among other toxic and nasty fluids pumped downhole while drilling. My question is why was diesel discovered in the sinkhole and where did it come from? That was one of the reasons I originally questioned if there was a history of any fracking in ths area previously. Any and all responses are welcomed.
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TM2020
There has been only one hydrocarbon gas detected at the bubble sites, sinkhole and and flared vents – methane.
The diesel in the sinkhole was from TxBrn cavern. In a brine cavern there is kept a diesel 'cap' on top the brine to prevent corrosion of the casing-
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Air and water combined: Methylene Chloride also Dichloromethane CH2Cl2
C4H10 , Acetone (CH3)2CO , Freon-12 Dichlorodifluoromethane CCl4 + 2HF → CCl2F2 + 2HCl , alternatively you can visit http://www.bookrags.com/research/dichlorodifluoromethane-chmc/ “One chlorine atom produced in the stratosphere by the decomposition of a CFC molecule can destroy 100,000 molecules of ozone.” Benzene C6H6. Majority of gasses in area could possibly belong to the methane family or else MacGyverMethane
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haizedustrium-1234
The question as about butane. Has the chemicals you listed been detected at the sinkhole? If so by who? The source of the chloride and flouride raise question—?
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Repost also BREAKING:
Jan.15 2013
http://theadvocate.com/home/4917638-125/texas-brine-state-agree-on
Texas Brine agrees on plan with state
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PS..the photo in the article has a picture of bubbling..freshly taken by the Advocate staff.
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Makes you wonder if the proposed seismic survey is going to be a whitewash to get the state off their back and lead to ten years of legal wrangling ending in a bankrupt company and no money for residents.
I also wonder if the 3D seismic trucks have been used at Fukushima and we never heard any reports from Tepco on how the coriums are migrating.
I saw some of the first seismic trucks back in the early 1980s in the Houston area. They would drive down the rural roads and stop in the bar ditches and lower their thumper pad. One truck driver was arrested by a sheriff because it was such a weird sight and the truck driver couldn't explain what he was doing to the satisfaction of the sheriff.
Some good background on 3D work here:
http://www.oilandgaslawyerblog.com/2009/04/how-do-seismic-surveys-work.html
I have never seen the new big truck…the older ones were a lot smaller.
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Yes..the state of Louisiana and Texas Brine..will probably enter (further) into collusion to cover the facts.
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