Posted on 10/14/2006 7:25:40 PM PDT by Atlantic Bridge
First came the 2004 tsunami. Then Indonesia was afflicted by the Merapi volcano and a major earthquake in Yogyakarta. Now, a heavily populated region of East Java has been consumed by an unstoppable "mud volcano" that may have been caused by a gas- and oil-drilling project.
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
BTTT
Poking holes in the ground always has some amount of hazard - usually to drilling crews - but this is a truly remarkable, fairly freakish occurrence.
I read one report that said it may continue for 100 years.
Has anyone thought of lighting the methane and turning it into a tourist attraction ????
The rig just "lost circulation" and then found it.
Lapindo Brantas is well known in the industry for screw ups.
fascinating ping
That is what happens when you got Michael Moore in your neighbourhood.
It's a fascinoma of the Earth.
Wow, turns out there's a dozen topics about different stages (from rumbles to sploosh), who knew?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=volcano
This is as good a story as the lake in Louisiana that Texaco accidentally drained about 25 years ago.
http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=6
very interesting link. thanks.
Sounds to me like those people in Indonesia need to spread out a little bit.
This same sort of thing could happen in Lea County, and anybody outside of the coffee shop wouldn't even know about it.
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