New evidence links exploration well and Lusi mud volcano
New data provides the strongest evidence yet that the world’s biggest mud volcano was not caused by an earthquake, according to scientists led by Durham University.
The Lusi mud volcano has killed 13 people and displaced thirty thousand others in East Java, Indonesia.
Drilling firm Lapindo Brantas has denied that a nearby gas exploration well was the trigger for the volcano, blaming an earthquake 280km (174 miles) away. They have backed up their claims in an article led by Nurrochmat Sawolo senior drilling adviser for Lapindo Brantas published in the journal: Marine and Petroleum Geology.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=9553
Article:
DISCUSSION: Sawolo et al., (2009) The LUSI mud volcano controversy: Was it caused by drilling?’
