In case you were wondering what happened to that ever-growing sinkhole next to a butane cave; Well, it's getting bigger. And it's already affecting a lot of lives.. And nobody knows how to fix it. Sinkhole grows 400 feet, gas pressure too great for drillers. Examiner:
..The expanding sinkhole covers part of the massive 1-mile by 3-mile Napoleonville Salt Dome used by oil and gas companies to store and supply hydrocarbons and brine to nearby refineries in the nation's area known as Cancer Alley.
"In the video of the sinkhole site, at approximately 00:35, you can see this growth towards and into the pipeline right of way," officials said in a blog post.
The parish officials' YouTube video of the sinkhole, Sinkhole Site 9.18.12, is "not approved" to embed on this site, and "Comments are disabled for this video" on YouTube. That flyover can be viewed on YouTube
(Here at the link..)
"In the [9.18.12] video of the rig site, you can see that the drilling rig has been dismantled and removed in order to make way for the snubbing rig that will complete the final phase of drilling and entry into the cavern," officials stated in a blog post.
The Louisiana sinkhole, an oil and gas disaster, is impacting security human rights of mandatory evacuees and residents who have remained.
"Meanwhile, back at the sinkhole site, scientists have made another discovery that could keep residents out of their homes for an undetermined amount of time," reports WAFB.
"They got down to 90 feet and experienced gas in the water aquifer and were unable to set water well due to the pressure. We put cement, plug, and got off the site and regrouped to come up with another strategy to set a vent well," explained director for the Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness John Boudreaux.
Boudreaux said workers must replace the rig from which they have been working, with one that will allow them to vent gas from the well.
The source of the gas is still unknown, according to officials.
The sinkhole that developed on Aug. 3, after two months of over 1000 earthquakes in the vicinity and emerging gas bubbling sites percolating in nearby bayous, prompted parish officials to order a mandatory evacuation of 150 households in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou areas. That evacuation order remains in effect.
Boudreaux said residents will not be allowed to return home until the gas is under control, according to WAFB that reports, "If history repeats itself, that could mean sometime next year."
Short answer? Getting worse!
..The expanding sinkhole covers part of the massive 1-mile by 3-mile Napoleonville Salt Dome used by oil and gas companies to store and supply hydrocarbons and brine to nearby refineries in the nation's area known as Cancer Alley.
"In the video of the sinkhole site, at approximately 00:35, you can see this growth towards and into the pipeline right of way," officials said in a blog post.
The parish officials' YouTube video of the sinkhole, Sinkhole Site 9.18.12, is "not approved" to embed on this site, and "Comments are disabled for this video" on YouTube. That flyover can be viewed on YouTube
(Here at the link..)
"In the [9.18.12] video of the rig site, you can see that the drilling rig has been dismantled and removed in order to make way for the snubbing rig that will complete the final phase of drilling and entry into the cavern," officials stated in a blog post.
The Louisiana sinkhole, an oil and gas disaster, is impacting security human rights of mandatory evacuees and residents who have remained.
"Meanwhile, back at the sinkhole site, scientists have made another discovery that could keep residents out of their homes for an undetermined amount of time," reports WAFB.
"They got down to 90 feet and experienced gas in the water aquifer and were unable to set water well due to the pressure. We put cement, plug, and got off the site and regrouped to come up with another strategy to set a vent well," explained director for the Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness John Boudreaux.
Boudreaux said workers must replace the rig from which they have been working, with one that will allow them to vent gas from the well.
The source of the gas is still unknown, according to officials.
The sinkhole that developed on Aug. 3, after two months of over 1000 earthquakes in the vicinity and emerging gas bubbling sites percolating in nearby bayous, prompted parish officials to order a mandatory evacuation of 150 households in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou areas. That evacuation order remains in effect.
Boudreaux said residents will not be allowed to return home until the gas is under control, according to WAFB that reports, "If history repeats itself, that could mean sometime next year."
Short answer? Getting worse!
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