Read article...Officials confirm the crude oil covering the giant sinkhole in Assumption Parish, LA is coming from a massive underground formations(s) of crude oil and gas, and officials don't know how to stop it. In the Napoleonville Salt Dome below the sinkhole, there is an estimated 500 billion cubic feet of gas and 200 millions gallons of crude oil.
A new map of the sinkhole's dimensions was uploaded to the Assumption Parish website at 11:45a ET on October 14, 2012.
Red line: August 19, 2012; Green line: September 21, 2012; Blue line: October 14, 2012; Yellow line is the containment boom marking the former perimeter of the sinkhole.
Watch the latest flyover video of sinkhole here...
