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23.03.2013 Unusual geological event USA State of Louisiana, [Bayou Corne, Assumption Parish] Damage level Details


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Unusual geological event in USA on Saturday, 23 March, 2013 at 06:18 (06:18 AM) UTC.

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All work has been ceased at the Bayou Corne sinkhole after monitoring systems detected tremors Friday morning, officials said Friday. According to the Assumption Parish Police Jury website, the Office of Conservation and the Assumption Parish Incident Command detected elevated subsurface activity in the area around a massive 13-acre sinkhole. Seismic monitoring also detected water movement in the slurry as well as increased bubbling on the western side of the sinkhole. Experts say a brine cavern drilled into the underground Napoleonville salt dome may have caused the sinkhole after it collapsed. 350 residents in a nearby town have been evacuated as a result of the slurry area.Gov. Bobby Jindal paid his first visit to the sinkhole Wednesday to meet with residents and reiterate plans to make the cavern's owner pay damages and offer fair buyouts to residents looking to move. Oxy-Geismar 3, the failed cavern believed to be responsible for the sinkhole is owned by Houston-based brine producer Texas Brine Co. LLC. Texas Brine mines caverns into the dome to harvest salt and the resulting brine mixture is then piped to nearby petrochemical companies. Jindal has also laid out a contingency plan for a second Texas Brine cavern, known as Oxy-Geismar 1, which experts say may have been drilled too close to the edge of the slat dome. Jindal said there is no data indicating a second cavern collapse is imminent. "The seismic activity is limited to the Oxy 3/sinkhole area, showing no indication of impact to the Oxy 1 area," the website said. "Monitoring is constantly ongoing in the area and Conservation will advice the public of significant changes in subsurface conditions."


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All Work Stopped At Corne Bayou Salt Dome Collapse


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