It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
After two unsuccessful attempts to stop the flow, Lapindo is digging three shafts alongside the hole, hoping to kill the eruption by pumping in concrete.
Experts are skeptical that will work.
"If they manage to stop it, it will be the first time in the world that it has been done," said geologist Arif Munsyawar.
Originally posted by thematrix
The mud is extremely toxic for 2 reasons, 1 being because its faultline sludge and 2 because of what they were drilling for in the first place Oil and other hydrocarbons.
The mud, which is not toxic, first appeared several days after a blowout deep in Lapindo's well shaft May 29.
The mud is believed to come from a reservoir 3 1/2 miles below the surface that has been pressurized by shifts in the crust or by the accumulation of hydrocarbon gases.
Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
Originally posted by R3KR
To add fuel to the fire.
I think these people need to have the sludge sent to thier backyards,
basements, houses ect....
I can not take much more of this crap.
My thoughts exactly. Like, since they made the mess, why dont we divert the flow into their swiming pools and private lakes instead?
Debate continues over how to deal with the growing ocean of mud. Government tests have found the mud contains dangerous levels of toxins such as benzene, toluene and xylene.
Drilling blamed for Java mud leak
A mud leak that has displaced thousands of Indonesians was most probably caused by drilling for gas, a scientific study into the disaster concludes.
The British-based scientists believe the drilling in East Java ruptured pressurised limestone rock, allowing water and mud to rise to the surface.
They warn thousands of cubic metres of mud a day could continue to spew out for months, if not years, to come.
An Indonesian minister has insisted the eruption is a natural disaster.
More...
Originally posted by loam
Drilling blamed for Java mud leak
An Indonesian minister has insisted the eruption is a natural disaster.
No, really?
Originally posted by loam
The British-based scientists believe the drilling in East Java ruptured pressurised limestone rock, allowing water and mud to rise to the surface.
They warn thousands of cubic metres of mud a day could continue to spew out for months, if not years, to come.
An Indonesian minister has insisted the eruption is a natural disaster.
No, really?
Originally posted by apex
Originally posted by loam
An Indonesian minister has insisted the eruption is a natural disaster.
It's a natural disaster, but with a considerable amount of manmade help.
The episode is set to become an economic and public relations disaster for Santos and one of Indonesia's most powerful men, Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie, whose companies co-own the gas well. A firm controlled by Mr Bakrie's family firm also owns the company doing the drilling, Lapindo, which is likely to be held liable for the damage.
Engineers will drop 1,000 1.5m-long metal chains into the mouth of the mud leak. Each chain has four concrete balls suspended from it; two with a 20cm diameter and two with a 40cm diameter.
They will begin slowly, Dr Fauzi explained; perhaps dropping five to 10 chains on the first day, then slowly increasing the number until they insert up to 50 chains per day.
A massive mud flow that has displaced some 15,000 people in Indonesia's Java island halted briefly for the first time in 10 months, officials say.
The mud stopped flowing for around 30 minutes on Monday morning, members of the team trying to plug the flow said.
They have been dropping hundreds of concrete balls into the mouth of the hole to stem the eruption.
Indonesian mud volcano flow 'to last 26 years'
The world's largest mud volcano, which left 13,000 families homeless, is likely to continue erupting for another 26 years, researchers have estimated.
It first erupted back in May 2006, and - at its peak - was spewing 180,000 cubic metres of mud a day, equivalent to 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
...
The cause of the eruption was a subject of a prolonged scientific debate, with opinions divided on whether it was the result of a drilling well in the area, or a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that shook the area a few days earlier.
...
Professor Davies supported the drilling hypothesis: "There is a lot of evidence now that shows it was caused by drilling - there was a blowout that was not controlled."
In 2008, the company that was drilling in the area and blamed for triggering the volcano agreed to pay compensation to the 50,000 displaced people. However, it did not say the drilling activities were the sole cause of the volcano.