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	Oil rig disasters - Lake Peigneur - Offshore Drilling Rig Accidents
		On the morning of Thursday, 20th November 1980, a Wilson Brothers Corp. rig was drilling for Texaco in Lake Peigneur, Louisiana, which had an average water depth of 6 feet.
		Over the course of the morning, the fresh lake water began dissolving the salt and enlarging the hole until water was literally flooding into the mine.
		The lake that was once around 6 feet deep was now around 1300 feet deep, with the ecosystem radically altered by increased salt content.
	home.versatel.nl /the_sims/rig/lakepeigneur.htm (534 words)

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		They were fishing in the northern end of the lake, when, suddenly, the lake drained from beneath them, stranding their boat in the mud.
		As the lake began emptying into the mine, a vast whirlpool approximately one-fourth of a mile in diameter developed in the lake.
		With the emptying of the lake, however, the water was flowing from the Delcambre Canal into the crater.
	www.carencrohighschool.org /LA_Studies/ParishSeries/IberiaParish/LakePeigneur.htm (1363 words)

	Video about Lake Peigneur disappearing after drilling disaster » Bunch of Nerds - A Collection of All Things ...
		Prior to 1980, Lake Peigneur in Louisiana was a sleepy 11 feet shallow fresh-water lake, that was until oil conglomerate Texaco made a major drilling error while exploring the lake for oil deposits.
		On the surface of the lake, a violent whirlpool formed which caused several barges, many trees and large portions of the surrounding terrain to be sucked into the mine.
		The lake began refilling with salt-water, temporarily creating the largest waterfall in Louisiana (at 100-150 feet) and drastically changing the lake’s biology by introducing new species of plants and salt-water marine life to fill the now 1,300 feet deep salt-water lake.
	www.bunchofnerds.com /2006/08/video/video-about-lake-peigneur-disappearing-after-drilling-disaster (383 words)

	KILL THE DRILL - Brought to you by GreenpeaceUSA
		Along with the lake, a loading dock, a tugboat, a house, a trailer, 11 barges, many trucks and tractors, botanical gardens, greenhouses, several trees, and part of an island also disappeared within a few short hours.
		The crews of several barges on the lake were abandoning their ships and jumping to shore as more and more boats seemed to disappear underneath the water.
		Many of those barges were not even in the lake to begin with, but since the lake water was draining into the salt mine, the boats in the canal that connected Lake Peigneur to the Gulf of Mexico were pulled in when the current suddenly changed direction.
	www.killthedrill.org /features/disasters_lakepeigneur.html (970 words)

	Lake Peigneur Disaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The story is called "A Brief Case History: Lake Peigneur Goes Down the Drain" and is near the bottom of the web page.
		The lake had been connected by the Delcambre Canal to the Gulf of Mexico, some twelve miles away.
		The ever-emptying lake caused the canal to lower by 3.5 feet and to start flowing in reverse.
	members.tripod.com /~earthdude1/texaco/texaco.html (1589 words)

	Lake Peigneur \| Katzphur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Within hours all the water had vanished from the 1300 acre lake and with it had gone the drilling rig, a second nearby drilling rig, a tugboat, several barges and a loading dock from a canal.
		The water vanished so quickly that fishermen were stranded as their boats settled on what had been the lake bed.
		Eventually Lake Peigneur refilled although parts of it are now over 1200 feet deep.
	www.katzphur.co.uk /hubris/peigneur.html (235 words)

	Spacecast Community - lake peigneur the swirling vortex of doom
		They had been probing for oil under the floor of Lake Peigneur when their drill suddenly seized up at about 1,230 feet below the muddy surface, and they were unable free it.
		In their attempts to work the drill loose, which is normally fairly easy at that shallow depth, the men heard a series of loud pops, just before the rig tilted precariously towards the water.
		The lake's biology was changed drastically, and it became home to many species of plants and fish which had not been there previously.
	forums.spacecast.com /forums/219472/ShowPost.aspx (1130 words)

	SaveLakePeigneur.org - Opinions
		If AGL is allowed to dredge the lake, it will bring to the surface years of pollution deposited by previous oil exploration.
		If there is a way for AGL to prevent the death of Lake Peigneur during the construction of the proposed storage facility, I think everyone in the area that would be affected has the right to here it.
		It is a huge danger to the area and its residents, and if there were to be an accident of some sort like that of the 1980 salt mine disaster that devastated Lake Peigneur and the acres of land surrounding it, it would be a great devastation for the people and the land.
	www.savelakepeigneur.org /site5.php (1669 words)

	AGL Resources News
		AGL Resources Inc. has formally filed a lawsuit with the state regarding the termination of its lease at Lake Peigneur, and is still is holding out hope that the matter can be settled out of court.
		Peigneur project key to plans AGL: Demand for natural gas boosts need for storage Amanda McElfresh amcelfresh@theadvertiser.com Since June, AGL Resources has been mentioned countless times throughout Iberia and...
		Several Lake Peigneur residents still believe an Atlanta company's plans to build two natural gas-storing salt caverns beneath the lake will threaten the environment and local population, despite reassurances...
	www.topix.net /com/atg (679 words)

	Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Sightseeing: Other - From 3 to 1300 feet depth, Lake Peigneur
		Description: Lake Peigneur is a shallow, now salt-water, lake near New Iberia, Louisiana that was the location of an unusual man-made catastrophe on November 21, 1980.
		The lake then proceeded to drain into the hole, as the mine was evacuated.
		The event dramatically affected the ecosystem of the lake, both by greatly increasing the depth of the lake, and increasing the salt content of the water from the reversed flow of the Delcambre canal.
	www.googleearthhacks.com /dlfile12202/From-3-to-1300-feet-depth,-Lake-Peigneur.htm (372 words)

	Forex News Update La. Gov.: Lake Peigneur lease invalid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The lease held by AGL Resources Inc. was canceled for failure to properly pay lease rental last year, and because it didn't do any mining there for more than six months, according to a letter sent Aug. 2 by the state Department of Natural Resources.
		People who live near the 1,300-acre lake on the border of Iberia and Vermilion parishes were jubilant.
		They had worried that the project could contaminate the lake, deplete the area's underground water source, or even cause an explosion that would destroy the popular residential and recreational area.
	www.forextv.com /FT/AFX/ShowStory.jsp?seq=142364 (527 words)

	Lake Peigneur Cavern Foes Schedule Rally Sunday - Science - RedOrbit
		Atlanta-based AGL Resources -through its subsidiary company, Jefferson Island Storage and Hub - is seeking clearance to use fresh water to leach out portions of the salt dome beneath the lake to create caverns to store natural gas.
		Residents of the Lake Peigneur area - which lies on the Iberia and Vermilion parish line - as well as local officials have voiced strong opposition to the idea.
		Lake Peigneur was the site of a disastrous 1980 accident in which a Texaco drilling rig punched a hole in the top of an active salt mine, causing the lake to drain underground and causing property damage all around the area.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/623916/lake_peigneur_cavern_foes_schedule_rally_sunday/index.html?source=r_science (419 words)

	Damn Interesting » Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom
		In elementary school, we once took a field trip to the lake (and the plantation on it).
		The inland lake is, as for as I know, the only one of its kind to have the sort of species that it has in it.
		I wasn't around to fish in the lake before 1980 I wouldn't be able to say either way on the fishing conditions beforehand.
	www.damninteresting.com /?p=6 (4279 words)

	YouTube - Lake Peigneur (disappearing lake) History Channel footage
		the thing is there was no mine under the lake or drilling the lake just disappeared scientist are trying to find out what caused the lake to disappear.
		History Channel footage of the Lake Peigneur, Louisiana lake that got sucked into a salt mine in 1980.
		Lake Peigneur Louisiana disappearing lake History Channel engineeering disasters (more) (less)
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=dHol4ICeDoo (334 words)

	AllRefer.com - Peigneur, Lake, Louisiana (LA) (Iberia parish) - (lake) - Facts and Information
		Peigneur, Lake (pen-YUR), Iberia parish, S La., 9 mi/14 km W of New Iberia; c.2 mi/3 km in diameter; 29°58'N 91°59'W. Jefferson Isl.
		(salt dome) is on E shore; dredged channel joins lake with Intracoastal Waterway to S. Scenic Gardens on NE end.
		Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
	reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/P/P02786-peigneur-lake.html (159 words)

	AGL Resources - Press Room
		But as life goes on day after day, residents living around Lake Peigneur rarely notice a natural gas storage facility known as the Jefferson Island Storage and Hub operating underneath this lake.
		For example, we put hospital-grade mufflers on compressors at the current facility near the lake to reduce noise.
		We will take all the steps necessary as we undergo the expansion to make sure this remains a quiet community and a beautiful lake for years to come.
	www.aglresources.com /pressroom/press_jish102406.aspx (600 words)

	Lake Peigneur Mining Disaster
		: A mining crew drills through the bottom of Lake Peigneur into a salt mine.
		As the lake begins to drain a tremendous whirlpool forms on the surface sucking down multiple barges.
		I was shocked when I first saw this video, be advised, this is some serious police brutality.
	www.nsfw.buzzhumour.com /videos/7678/Lake_Peigneur_Mining_Disaster (347 words)

	Office of the Governor, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, State of Louisiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"It is the state's position that the mineral lease obtained from the Mineral Board for mining salt at Lake Peigneur in 1994 is no longer valid.
		Without a valid mineral lease there can be no additional mining of salt to create additional caverns for natural gas storage.
		"I was pleased to meet with the interested representatives of Lake Peigneur last week and told them that this permit was not a done deal, and the company would have to prove their case.
	gov.louisiana.gov /index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=2092 (213 words)

	broadband help » Forums » Tech and Talk » 56k lookout! (broadband heavy) » [video] Lake ...
		I have been looking for a good documentary on this disaster for a while.
		Vienna, VA wow, thats one big ass mine to suck up a lake like that.
		Great video gave me chills seeing that lake after it was complately drained
	www.dslreports.com /forum/remark,16605760 (364 words)

	YouTube - Lake Peigneur and the Salt Mine , November 21, 1980
		YouTube - Lake Peigneur and the Salt Mine, November 21, 1980
		Lake Peigneur and the Salt Mine, November 21, 1980
		The Great Lake Swimmers - To Leave it Behind
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=tumYtERppMg (106 words)

	Fluggart: Lake Peigneur
		And in the thread, there was a comment about Lake Peigneur [slashdot.org].
		This backflow created, for a few days, the largest waterfall ever in the state of Louisiana with 50–100 feet (15–30 m), as the lake refilled with salt water to replace the fresh water now in the salt mine.
		Can you imagine being one of the people on the drilling rig and having to explain that one?
	www.fluggart.com /weblog/2006/06/lake-peigneur.html (367 words)

	SaveLakePeigneur.org - Home
		Join Lake Peigneur residents tonight at the Vermilion Parish Police Jury meeting as we ask our local officials to support our efforts to preserve Lake Peigneur and stop the dangerous expansion of natural gas storage underneath the lake.
		to read the Daily Iberian's news article about Lake Peigneur resident's testimony before the House Committee on Natural Resources.
		and search "peigneur" to read more news coverage.
	www.savelakepeigneur.org (103 words)

	JoeChinni.com » Lake Peigneur - The Disappearing Lake
		JoeChinni.com » Lake Peigneur - The Disappearing Lake
		Filed under: Random Nonsense by Joe @ 4:22 pm
		Quite possibly one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen.
	www.joechinni.com /?p=416 (92 words)

	Peigneur, Lake, Louisiana LA - Map and Aerial Photo
		Peigneur, Lake, Louisiana LA - Map and Aerial Photo
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