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To: BBell

One of the issues is that to drill all the wells back in the marshes, the oil companies would dredge channels back to the location so that a barge rig could be used to drill the well. It is too swampy for a conventional land- based rig. These channels allow salt water to encroach into the swamp and it kills the marsh. Without the vegetation, the silt washes away.


12 posted on 05/31/2018 5:04:33 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MrGo) did the same thing. It let in seawater which ruined the wetlands surrounding it.


15 posted on 05/31/2018 5:57:41 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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