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Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:04 pm to Tiger Prawn
heard it was the last well they were going to drill on the salt dome....they were trying to slip as close as they could on the outside of the salt to catch the sediment as it got pused up and and then trapped by the salt ....
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:07 pm to rantfan
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I always wondered how many baws got fired over that.
It cost Texaco and the drilling contractor almost 45 million bucks so I guess a head or two rolled.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:13 pm to crazyLSUstudent
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To experience that must have been absolutely terrifying
He passed away around ‘94. I recall him saying they had to wait for the elevator to make several trips to get them all out. He said they all calmly waited. Seems insane.
There was a lawsuit against the drilling company. If I’m not mistaken the lawyers got the largest portion of the settlement, the folks in the mine got the rest.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:13 pm to Obtuse1
I just want to see a picture of that drill bit
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:18 pm to Obtuse1
One of the senior guys I work with was there. The barges you see in the pictures are cementing trucks on barges. He was about to set foot on the barge when it all went down. If I remember him telling me correctly all of the barges went into the hole but eventually popped back out. I'll get the story again tomorrow.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:25 pm to Obtuse1
I was in high school at the time in Lafayette. Physics teacher explained how it happened, was all over the news.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:28 pm to eitek1
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If I’m not mistaken the lawyers got the largest portion of the settlement, the folks in the mine got the rest.
Without even looking anything up I’m sure I’m not going too far out on a limb to say you are not mistaken.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:39 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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The driller doesn't choose where to place the wellhead fyi
xx.xxx FSL and xx.xxx FWL only work when you reference the correct block.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:45 pm to eitek1
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I’m not mistaken the lawyers got the largest portion of the settlement,
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:50 pm to Martini
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Without even looking anything up I’m sure I’m not going too far out on a limb to say you are not mistaken.
The thing is the miners had very little in terms of damages. Outside of minor injuries they may have had that don't seem to have been reported widely you can't recover for what might have happened. It is possible that if they had serious mental issues and were treated they could have made a negligent infliction of emotional distress claim. If tortfeasors had to pay for "could have happened" claims insurance would go up exponentially.
The majority of damages were to Diamond Crystal and Live Oak Gardens.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:54 pm to Martini
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Without even looking anything up I’m sure I’m not going too far out on a limb to say you are not mistaken.
I’m wanting to say he ended up with 67k out of the deal.
Life has a way of working out. When Chevron bought out Gulf my grandmother got a call out of the blue. Apparently her father had a very small oil company back in the 20’s that was purchased by gulf or a precursor of Gulf. They paid my great grandfather in stock. When Chevron bought Gulf they settled up.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 9:58 pm to eitek1
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I’m wanting to say he ended up with 67k out of the deal.
Diamond Crystal got a big chunk ($32mm) and they may have paid the miners from that. There would also have been a lot of smaller claims by land owners, home owners, boat owners etc. $67k for a claim with no major physical injury and a short duration of the event where they were in jeopardy is actually pretty darn good for 40 years ago.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 10:04 pm to Obtuse1
If you go dine at Cafe Jefferson/Rip Van Winkle Gardens, there’s all sorts of photos and such.
And a darn good lunch.
And a darn good lunch.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 10:08 pm to Obtuse1
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Did anyone here actually witness the Lake Peigneur disaster?
Is that when the peigneur blew a salty load all over everyone?
Posted on 3/4/21 at 10:12 pm to Obtuse1
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$67k for a claim with no major physical injury and a short duration of the event
Not bad at all for getting off work early.
Posted on 3/4/21 at 10:16 pm to Obtuse1
My grandfather worked for Diamond crystal, was there picking up his check when it happened. He would tell us about watching the trees disappear and the ground shaking. I have a friend that lives on the lake and remember a barge popping up out of the hole, several years after. Crazy to think there are trucks, forklifts, and dump trucks still down there.
Always think about how far under Delcambre those tunnels go and could they cave in one day.
Always think about how far under Delcambre those tunnels go and could they cave in one day.
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Posted on 3/5/21 at 12:14 am to Obtuse1
I only saw the aftermath a fews days later
Posted on 3/5/21 at 12:21 am to tommy2tone1999
How is the fishing now?
Posted on 3/5/21 at 12:40 am to MrBobDobalina
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This is one of the craziest occurrences in LA history, up there with the river flowing backwards in the Great flood of 1927.
Please tell me more about this. I thought the water flowed South during the ‘27 flood.
Could you be thinking of the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12 ?
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