Posted on 02/04/2004 3:06:27 PM PST by VRWCmember
Crude Oil Bubbles Up Into Woman's Home
Officials Find No Cause For Sticky Situation
LONGVIEW, Texas -- When visiting the home of an east Texas woman, you can't help but think about the television show "The Beverly Hillbillies." That's because Leila Letourneau's home is literally filling up with so-called "black gold." Oil, that is.
According to Letourneau, she returned home Monday to find that an inch of raw crude oil had seeped up from the ground and into her home.
Despite the unusual occurrence, Letourneau said hers is the only house in the neighborhood to be affected.
"I went to both neighbors on either side to see if they were having any problems, across the street to see if anybody else had come home to this type situation, and none of them (...had) anything," Letourneau said.
Fire officials are investigating the cause of the problem.
Meanwhile, Letourneau said there are a number of pumping jacks near her neighborhood, but that there were no reported leaks.
Slideshow: Tour The Oily House
I'll bet you had trouble staying inside the lines in your coloring book, too.
6th grade teachers who put that on report cards don't understand what a license that gives to rebels like you. ;-)
Yes... and I always did come up with the most interesting colors for things. Oh well, I am reasonably well adjusted. hehehehe
Hehe. I did my best to ensure they thought I was . . . unique. :-D
Good night gentlemen, I am off to harass the fuzzy. She's out playing in the rain.
A salt water disposal line takes the saltwater after it is separated from the oil at the well site and sends it to a pit and is either trucked or piped to an old well or a specially drilled saltwater disposal well.
Apparently, this is the first instance of a failure at the separater and allowed oil to flow with the saltwater. The lighter oil floated up through the drains and flooded her home.
Her sewage has been going into the saltwater disposal system since her sewage system was installed.
Mayor Murry Moore said that the city would cover the cost of damages.
Natural oil seapage happens all of the time, worldwide.That's how we get things like surface oil forming the La Brea Tar Pits in downtown Las Angelas.
If you don't drill it, pump it, and burn it, then eventually oil will seap up to the top and pollute your surface land, naturally.
...And that's one of those dirty little secrets that the enviro-NAZIs would rather you not learn.
Get ready to explore the world of Rancho La Brea--one of the world's most famous fossil sites. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, the La Brea Tar Pits is home to over three million fossils from the last Ice Age. It was here that huge mammoths, fierce sabertoothed cats, and giant ground sloths became trapped and entombed in the asphalt that has been seeping out of the ground for the past 40,000 years.
Discover and explore how these "tar pits" formed, what types of plants and animals became trapped, and how scientists have used these fossil deposits to open a window into the world of prehistoric Los Angeles.
Leila is a grand-daughter of R.G. LeTourneau, founder of LeTourneau University and the earth moving magnate. Her father was Richard, former president of the University.
I really doubt that the house is that extravagant, none of the family really lives an extravagant life style. I also would doubt that she owns the mineral rights, those don't transfer like normal property rights.
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