April 3, 2014
Texas Brine Co. has moved contractors working on the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole in Louisiana into three homes the company purchased from residents who left after the failure of a company-operated salt dome cavern. Texas Brine spokesman Sonny Cranch tells The …
April 2, 2014
The sinkhole near Bayou Corne in Louisiana sucked down another patch of earth as Texas Brine Co. released pressure again from its failed salt dome cavern near the 29-acre swampland sinkhole in Assumption Parish. Officials say the edge collapse, or …
January 9, 2014
Texas Brine Co., the company blamed for the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole, has filed a formal complaint with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The company alleges one of its insurers is not paying up as its policy requires. Company officials charge …
January 2, 2014
Records show that Texas Brine Co. has developed a backup plan to replace the cracked southern section of a protective levee surrounding the sinkhole in Louisiana’s northern Assumption Parish and may look to reroute Bayou Corne if conditions deteriorate further. …
September 19, 2013
A state seismic expert has found two likely existing “deep” sources continuing to feed methane gas under the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou communities in the area of northern Assumption Parish in Louisiana. But officials working on the removal of …
September 5, 2013
A growing sinkhole just south of Louisiana Highway 70 in has raised worries in Assumption Parish about subsidence that could cut off the highway and force commuters and school buses to make a 90-minute-plus detour. In response, the state Department …
July 16, 2013
An official says the deepest part of the 22-acre sinkhole near Bayou Corne, La., is at least 500 feet deep, and not between 110 to 220 feet deep that has been estimated by Texas Brine. John Boudreaux, director of the …
June 28, 2013
Nearly half of the eligible residents and families directly affected by a Bayou Corne, La,-area sinkhole induced by a Texas Brine Co. salt dome failure last summer have agreed to company buyouts, while the rest have more than a month …
June 25, 2013
A third of a group of residents evacuated because of an Assumption Parish sinkhole have accepted buyout offers from Texas Brine Co. Company spokesman Sonny Cranch says that as of noon on June 23, 33 of 91 people had taken …
April 16, 2013
Lawmakers in Lousiana are looking to prevent a repeat of the massive Assumption Parish sinkhole that officials say was caused by a collapsed underground salt cavern – and make sure prospective property owners know what may lie beneath the ground …