[Wordpress locked this blog for an hour today, 2 pm EST . . . late to update]
We have found some well ownership documents – in Excel (best) and a copy in PDF
1.4 quake Centerville, South Carolina | MAP
2.2 quake Steele, Missouri | MAP
2.1 quake College City, Arkansas | MAP
2.8 quake Timpson, Texas | MAP
WAFB – Another earthquake rattles East Texas:
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake was reported in the same area in December. Eight quakes have been detected in the region since May 2012.
RECENT EAST TEXAS EARTHQUAKE TIMELINE
•May 10, 2012 – (3.9) NW of Timpson.
•May 17, 2012 – (4.8) ENE of Timpson.
•May 20, 2012 – (2.7) SSW of Timpson.
•May 26, 2012 – (2.5) SE of Timpson.
•June 16, 2012 – (2.1) SSW of Timpson.
•December 7, 2012 – (2.8) SW of Timpson.
•January 25, 2013 – (4.1) W of Timpson.
•January 29, 2013 – (2.8) S of Timpson.
thanks to Radioactive Chat for quake updates
Huh? Loud Booms in Ohio May be Related to Tannerite Explosion, Wapakoneta, Ohio
UPDATE: Were we right to say “huh?” about above. Tannerite is a made up story!
• DNR put up a new Inspection Report, Jan. 29 one (posted quick, for them).
Murderers, BP, get slap on the wrist.
“A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company’s role in the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.”
Oklahoma fracking incident? Water Main Break, Tree Falls, Electrical Underground Explosion in Omaha
Interesting news about doings at the salt dome collapse in the comments here. More than anywhere else on the web 😉
From the comments: Gulf of Mexico drilling updates – with maps
Davy Jones Discovery Opening New Shelf Frontier In Ultradeep Geology Below Salt
Thanks to reader, Ms Reesa for above – 😉
MONDAY
The DNR has put up some new inspection reports. This one is from today.
We found this – New Madrid Seismic Zone activity 1974-2011
The wild charts on the seismic monitors are from heavy work going on.
We are scratching
around for news!
MORE here later . . . maybe . . .
The Louisiana Sinkhole Bugle 
By way of seeking information as to why I would be feeling earthquakes in Tickfaw, Louisiana, I’ve accidentally found myself in the middle of a crash course in the mechanics and geology of the fuel industry.
I’m very grateful for this site! So many links and pieces of information from all over the place! I’ve been starting here daily for the last few weeks. I should also mention my appreciation for Freedomrox and Deborah Dupre, as well.
I posted a link to an article here yesterday that caught my attention and here is a link to another: http://www.aogr.com/index.php/magazine/cover-story/davy-jones-discovery-opening-new-shelf-frontier-in-ultradeep-geology-below. I was interested in these two articles because of the timelines within them, the Davey Jones location and the uncharted type of drilling being done there. I’m not sure if I understand the “ultradeep” drilling properly. I also had some questions about salt structures. I was hoping that someone here might be able to help me out.
• Are they saying that oil and gas drilling has never gone below or through a salt weld before? Or is it just that there has never been drilling as deep as they are doing offshore? Or both? And is the drilling that McMoRan is boasting about the same thing that BP was attempting when it had the terrible blowout in 2010?
• Is it correct that salt formations have an outer crust that is impermeable but the interior is very porous? Is it known whether or not there is a protective ‘crust’ underneath or if it’s porous?
• My understanding of the salt weld under Louisiana is that it is not just single salt domes in various areas, but instead the domes are connected by a salt layer that extends for hundreds of square miles, even into parts of Texas and Mississippi.
• If drilling for hydrocarbons were to cause a fracture on the upper crust of a salt formation and there’s a blowout, then any nearby hydrocarbons would be forced up through the well hole and sideways out any fissures along the way. Right? If all of that is correct and the interior of a salt formation is porous…then, if one were to drill down all the way through the bottom of a salt formation, wouldn’t that allow super pressurized hydrocarbons the ability to travel up into and throughout the entire salt complex, not just one salt dome…whereas, past drilling techniques would be above or on side of a particular salt dome? And if that’s true, the escaping hydrocarbons would be able to travel very easily for many, many miles without fault enclosures and work its way upward through any fractured areas within the whole complex. Could a scenario such as this cause seemingly unassociated hydrocarbon releases over several hundred miles? Especially, an area as heavily drilled as Louisiana? I guess what I’m asking is if it would be easier for hydrocarbons to travel sideways through a layer of salt than it would be able to travel through other types of sediment layers. Are there sealed faulted areas that would naturally lock in moving hydrocarbons as there is in other types of sediment layers?
If there’s anyone who understands what I’m asking, I would appreciate any corrections that would help my understanding of this new “ultra-deep” type of drilling being explained in the two articles I referenced.
Thanks very much for your links. This blog would not be possible without the contributions of readers.
There is some info about Salt Domes in the page of that name (left sidebar).
I pass your deep drilling query on to Freedomrox as he is the expert in that.
On the ideas some have expressed here about the BP drilling causing a fissue under Louisiana see this-
(scroll down a little).
Adding your 2nd article to the Monday News post and adding tag “Davy Jones” to make it easier to find later ….
Tickfaw : “Earthquake activity:
Tickfaw-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Louisiana state average. It is 98% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/Tickfaw-Louisiana.html#ixzz2JSS5Ity7