UPDATE: 26.12.2012
The Bayou Corne Sinkhole: A massive oil and gas disaster you’ve probably never heard of
Earlier this spring,
residents of a rural community in Louisiana's Assumption Parish noticed
mysterious bubbles rising to the surface in some bayous. Shortly
thereafter, a series of small earthquakes shook the area, prompting
state officials to investigate. But in Early August, the ground suddenly
opened up and gave way — swallowing up acres of swamp forest. In its
place there is now a gaping sinkhole filled with water, underground
brines, oil, and natural gas. But this was no natural disaster, say
geologists. It was the consequence of mining activities conducted by the
oil and gas service company, Texas Brine.
Located about 45 miles south of Baton rouge, the Bayou Corne Sinkhole has grown to eight acres in size. In the weeks following the collapse, officials determined that an unstable and collapsing salt cavern was
responsible — what prompted Texas Brine to blame seismic activity on the sinkhole.
But as Mike Ludwig from Truthout reports, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has determined that it was the collapse of the cavern that caused the tremors felt in the neighborhood, and not the other way around — what was likely brought about by extensive mining.
Ludwig writes:
And things appear to be going from bad to worse. A recent WWL Radio report indicated that the sinkhole may potentially impact larger areas, and that it may have to become a "sacrifice zone." In addition, hydrogen sulfide continues to escape from its depths.
You can read more about the Bayou Corne Sinkhole disaster at Truthout, the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and the Examiner.
All images via Louisiana Environmental Action Network.
Located about 45 miles south of Baton rouge, the Bayou Corne Sinkhole has grown to eight acres in size. In the weeks following the collapse, officials determined that an unstable and collapsing salt cavern was
responsible — what prompted Texas Brine to blame seismic activity on the sinkhole.
But as Mike Ludwig from Truthout reports, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has determined that it was the collapse of the cavern that caused the tremors felt in the neighborhood, and not the other way around — what was likely brought about by extensive mining.
Ludwig writes:
On August 3, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a statewide emergency, and local officials in Assumption ordered the mandatory evacuation of about 300 residents of more than 150 homes located about a half-mile from the sinkhole. Four months later, officials continue to tell residents that they do not know when they will be able to return home. A few have chosen to ignore the order and have stayed in their homes, but the neighborhood is now quiet and nearly vacant. Across the road from the residential community, a parking lot near a small boat launch ramp has been converted to a command post for state police and emergency responders.Cleanup work has started, but the company has failed to keep oil and other pollutants from contaminating nearby waterways. Earlier this month, Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation James Welsh fined Texas Brine $100,000 for failing to meet several deadlines for the cleanup effort.
"This place is no longer fit for human habitation, and will forever be," shouted one frustrated evacuee at a recent community meeting in Assumption.
The Bayou Corne sinkhole is an unprecedented environmental disaster. Geologists say they have never dealt with anything quite like it before, but the sinkhole has made few headlines beyond the local media. No news may be good news for Texas Brine, a Houston-based drilling and storage firm that for years milked an underground salt cavern on the edge of large salt formation deep below the sinkhole area. From oil and gas drilling, to making chloride and other chemicals needed for plastics and chemical processing, the salty brine produced by such wells is the lifeblood of the petrochemical industry.
Geologists and state officials now believe that Texas Brine's production cavern below Bayou Corne collapsed from the side and filled with rock, oil and gas from deposits around the salt formation. The pressure in the cavern was too great and caused a "frack out." Like Mother Nature's own version of the controversial oil and gas drilling technique known as "fracking," brine and other liquids were forced vertically out of the salt cavern, fracturing rock toward the surface and causing the ground to give way.
"In the oil field, you've heard of hydraulic fracturing; that's what they're using to develop gas and oil wells around the country ..."What is a frack-out is, is when you get the pressure too high and instead fracturing where you want, it fractures all the way to the surface," said Gary Hecox, a geologist with the Shaw Environmental Group, at a recent community meeting in Assumption Parish. Texas Brine brought in the Shaw group to help mitigate the sinkhole.
And things appear to be going from bad to worse. A recent WWL Radio report indicated that the sinkhole may potentially impact larger areas, and that it may have to become a "sacrifice zone." In addition, hydrogen sulfide continues to escape from its depths.
You can read more about the Bayou Corne Sinkhole disaster at Truthout, the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and the Examiner.
All images via Louisiana Environmental Action Network.
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Strange “vibrations” detected throughout the United States - Dutch Sinse
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11/30/2012 — Strange “vibrations” detected throughout the United States
Seen on multiple nodes managed by different institutions, feeding back to the CERI / Midwest USGS official charts across the region… what can only be described as low end vibrations, over a VERY large area.NOT to be confused with earthquakes elsewhere around the planet, this is something I have not seen before over such a wide area.
Did the sensor network undergo some kind of damage? Is there some kind of interference happening? Is this a REAL detection of low frequency vibrations occurring?
Time will tell on this…
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Here is the main link .. .click on CERI, SLU, or any of the other ‘nodes’.. then select 11/30/2012 (most current charts).. and then compare to a few days or weeks, or months ago by clicking back through the charts (listed by date):
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/seismic/heli/index.html
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 17:06
Another massive sinkhole has emerged, this time outside of Dover, Ohio. According to WTOV9, emergency crews have been forced to close down an 8-mile stretch along a road in Tuscarawas County because of the rapidly growing monster.
Officials said the sinkhole is 30-feet deep and as long as four football fields, and it’s still growing. It takes up about half the roadway.
What is the deal with all of the sinkholes recently? An 18′ deep sinkhole (picture below) recently appeared in Pennsylvania, according to this report while yesterday we learned that the massive sinkhole in Assumption Parish Louisiana ‘burped’, expelling hydrocarbons.
Meanwhile, we learn that illnesses are breaking out across the area near the Louisiana sinkhole as a resident testifies that “every other household has some kind of illness” as the first video below confirms.
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Ohio Sinkhole Devours Four Football Fields Of Land, Stretch Of State Highway 516 Near Dover - Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/ohio-sinkhole_n_2218187.html
Posted: 11/30/2012 11:03 am EST Updated: 11/30/2012 11:24 am EST
That is a huge sinkhole.
Now that the election is over, things are getting back to normal in Ohio.
It took only a few minutes for a massive sinkhole to devour several acres of land and a stretch of State Highway 516 on Wednesday, WHYC reports.
The hole, spanning the area of roughly four football fields, collapsed near a lake where the Newton Asphalt Company has spent years dredging for sand nearly 50 feet below the surface, according to Fox Cleveland.
"I've worked for the [Ohio Department of Transportation District] 16 years and I've never seen anything of this magnitude," District 11 Director Lloyd McAdam told First Coast News. "It's very unusual that something like this would happen."
"It appears to me that dredging took away the bottom of the slope," McAdam added, "and that probably eroded away and started cascading down, and just started filling the hole and filling the hole."
Some locals fear that the sinkhole could grow larger.
“I'm not sure what to make of it. I’ve never seen anything like this before in my life,” said Jennifer Smith of Dover, according to Fox Cleveland.
The stretch of highway remains closed indefinitely, WTRF reports.
Also on HuffPost:
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