Sampling Continues at Bayou Corne as Sinkhole Expands
On September 8, 2012, DEQ sampled the sludge material floating on the surface of the sink hole. The material consisted of 48.1 % Diesel Range Organics and 15% Oil Range Organics.
Read more details about air testing in the bubbling area, sludge testing and an explanation of the NORM at the LEAN website.
Sinkhole dangerously elevated, possibly flammable hydrocarbons
A new report issued Thursday indicates that sludge material floating atop the surface of the Assumption Parish sinkhole is hazardous and possibly in the flammable range, according to award-winning rights advocate and environmental scientist Dr. Wilma Subra, sober news as a Pemex gas blast in Mexico on Tuesday killed thirty.
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Of great concern among sinkhole area locals are the possibilities of an explosion and an uncontrollable fire from the methane gas and other hydrocarbons in the area, on the bayous, in-home and at the sinkhole site.
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In other new…CHK is now borrowing money from its partners (Anadarko, Stat-oil, Mitsui) and mortgaging leases in Bradford County, PA. Does the investment community know about this? Why would CHK be borrowing money from its partners and not a bank?
shakes head.
Chesapeake Replaces Its Top Lawyer
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443890304578010511645674102.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
“Mr. Hood in April said directors were “fully aware of the existence of Mr. McClendon’s financing transactions,” in which the CEO secured loans with his stakes in company-drilled wells. He acquired those stakes through a perk that allowed him to profit from the wells but also required him to pay some of their costs. He took out the loans at least partly to pay for additional well stakes under the program.
The company backtracked a week later to say that board members were “generally aware” Mr. McClendon used his well stakes as collateral but didn’t know about specific transactions. “
If you have additional information about this…inquiring minds. I guess the banks won’t loan them money anymore.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) seemingly appears to be inseparable with controversy. Having made the headlines dozens of times this year, the embattled company has yet again made the news, after it was dragged into a lawsuit filed by Dickinson couple over its alleged reluctance to pay $319,686 related to mineral rights lease agreements.
http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/09/chesapeake-energy-sued-by-dickinson-couple-over-payments/
And they are drillin’ away right near the sinkhole at this huge oil find –
http://wp.me/p2GNDM-cx
No hazard there (!!) 😮
I’d been living in East East Feliciana parish for a couple of years when the first hydraulic fracturing well went in less than a mile from our house. It affected our well water and breathing immediately. I chronicled our experiences over on my blog. I hope fracking comes to a sudden halt.
http://andthatsapost.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/canaries-in-the-mine-get-away-from-louisiana-fracking/