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No mention of potential environmental problem (Bateman Island)
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:19 pm
Just looking at some pics emailed to my boss and can't help but think of the potential environmental problem on Bateman Island in Morgan City. U.S. Liquids maintains an oil field waste disposal site there with open pits filled with used drilling fluids. Doesn't look like it would take a whole lot to over top there and cause some problems. Anyone know how high the containment is on those pits?
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Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:24 pm to bayoudude
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used drilling fluids
Depends on what it is. Main ingredient in drilling mud is barite. Not all that toxic. If it is oil based mud, then you have that problem if it spills. Any other drilling fluids are almost by definition heavier than water. Whatever it is, it probably will stay low unless it is washed out.
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:25 pm to bayoudude
The solution to pollution is dilution.
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:25 pm to JudgeHolden
Definitely have oil. They skim the tops of the pits every so often and sell it. I used to survey barges coming into their other site in Grand Bois.
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:26 pm to bayoudude
It's not a hazardous waste dumping site....
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:26 pm to bayoudude
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site in Grand Bois.
not the same
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:27 pm to tgrbaitn08
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It's not a hazardous waste dumping site....
NOW?
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:29 pm to tgrbaitn08
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not the same
How so they do the exact same thing and are the same company.
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:29 pm to JudgeHolden
quote:Lets just say that it not a major concern at this point
It's not a hazardous waste dumping site....
NOW?
Posted on 5/16/11 at 3:31 pm to bayoudude
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How so they do the exact same thing and are the same company.
I thought Grand Bois handled a different material....it could be the same...it's never been a issue for anyone in MC...even with hurricans heading straight there.
Posted on 5/16/11 at 6:47 pm to tgrbaitn08
While they are run by the same company, different sites accept different material. Some sites can't accept hazardous waste. I know the Grand Bois site does becasue I have hauled some in there before but haven't been to that location. But just becasue it's the same company doesn't mean that they accept the exact same things in different locations
Posted on 5/16/11 at 7:59 pm to TigerDat
Posted on 5/17/11 at 12:14 am to bayoudude
just ask BP!
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