By: Deborah Dupré / examiner.com
The outer edge of Napoleonville Salt Dome near the failed storage cavern is gone, “fracked-out”, according to the key geologist working on the Bayou Corne sinkhole disaster who broke the news Tuesday night at a Resident Briefing meeting in Pierre Part.Dr. Gary Hecox, geologist and technical advisor with Shaw Environmental contracted by the state of Louisiana, told residents, including evacuees, that the outer edge of the Napoleonville Salt Dome is gone. The massive dome collapsed near the breached cavern that is on edge of the Bayou Corne sinkhole.
The salt dome involved in what officials say is a historic event globally, is a 1-mile by 3-mile formation with caverns primarily used by oil and gas industry storage. One of the over 50 underground caverns in that salt dome is leased by Texas Brine LLC, blamed by the state for the disaster due to its failed cavern. Texas Brine has contended that it’s cavern failed due loss of integrity elsewhere in the dome due to seismic activity.
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