UPDATE: see LEAN for a map and updates. Not much good news about the sinkhole in Louisiana. If you haven't seen this video by dutchsinse you might want to watch it. The word I'm getting from on the ground is there has been testing for … [Read more...]
Update 2 on the Louisiana sinkhole in Assumption Parish.
Latest post on Louisiana sinkhole HERE. The question of the day: Why did Texas Brine cease operating the cavern in 2011, plug and abandoned the well used to access it? The salt cavern in the Napoleonville Dome that was used by Texas Brine might … [Read more...]
Update on Louisiana sinkhole from scientist on location
The diesel fumes that are causing health impacts to workers and residents are coming from the "diesel blanket" that is injected into the salt dome to prevent leaching. Yeah, that's right folks, another example of Legal but Stupid. I'm just going … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Huge sinkhole in Louisiana over natural gas storage area
See UPDATES below. I just spoke with someone on the ground in Assumption Parish, LA where a huge sinkhole has swallowed up acres of trees. A mandatory evacuation has been ordered for 150 homes and they expect the sinkhole to grow another 2000 … [Read more...]
Sinkholes in the Eagle Ford Shale
When I was in the Eagle Ford Shale a few months ago, a landowner told me sinkholes appeared on her land shortly after fracking took place adjacent to her. She wasn't blaming the sinkholes on fracking and I'm not either. But it is the most curious … [Read more...]
Ever wonder what happens when you take too much out of the ground?
The ground opens up and swallows you. … [Read more...]
Town fears giant Daisetta sinkhole contaminated water
An update on the giant Daisetta sinkhole, 2 years later.Daisetta fears unstable future after sinkholeNearly 2 years later, concerns linger about land values and safety of town’s water supplyBy CINDY HORSWELLHOUSTON CHRONICLEWhoa! At the same time the … [Read more...]
A Sink Hole Up Close and Getting Way Too Personal
As I've mentioned previously, sink holes seem to follow drilling around. Sink holes are another part of the picture landmen never mention when seducing mineral owners with their so-called "free money."Cheap Tricks and Costly Truths takes readers on a … [Read more...]
Drilling Related Sink Hole Forming in Carlsbad, NM
Collapse of cavern under N.M. city fearedThe cavern was formed over three decades as oil-field service companies pumped fresh water into a salt layer more than 400 feet below the surface and extracted several million barrels of brine to help with … [Read more...]
Sinkholes and Gas Drilling Go Hand In Hand
The landmen never mention sinkholes when they are leasing your minerals.The latest sinkhole in Texas:Giant Sinkhole Opens Near Denver CityDENVER CITY - Investigators from the Texas Railroad Commission spent Tuesday trying to figure out why land at a … [Read more...]
Sink Hole Residents Encouraged to Sue Texas Railroad Commission
Now THIS is what I'm talking about!DAISETTA — An environmental attorney told residents and elected officials here they should consider legal action against the Texas Railroad Commission, saying the agency failed to take action that could have … [Read more...]