11:25 a.m. Update from the Office of Conservation

Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou Response Activity

Tuesday, October 28 work-

Sinkhole Activity Code 1 – indicating work is allowed on sinkhole and within containment berms. Seismic monitoring indicates no elevated levels of subsurface activity near sinkhole/Oxy 3/Oxy 2.  

ORW/CPT Wells

– Continuing pumping on ORWs 48 (north of containment berm), 54 (north of La 70, near west of Texas Brine facility entrance) and 57 (southeast of Oxy 9 well pad)

– Conducting gas depletion tests on ORWs 10 and 16 (west of containment berm)

Containment/ Roads/ Sinkhole/Survey

– Conducting daily berm inspections

– Installing aquifer monitoring well MRAA 06D (east of Oxy 2 well pad)

– Conducting sampling of sinkhole inflow

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