Homes evacuated in Assumption amid slurry concerns

Homes evacuated in Assumption amid slurry concerns by Associated Press, August 04, 2012, Canadian Business
A brine facility mines salt from the Napoleonville dome and then stores hydrocarbons such as natural gas in the caverns that remain after mining is completed. Natural gas has been seeping up from Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou, which run below and along the side of the reported “slurry area.” A suspected water well in the same area has also been venting natural gas.