Air Products Drilling Compound Spilled into Manchac Pass

  • Sign protesting Air Products’ proposed carbon capture and sequestration project at the mouth of the Tickfaw River (Photo Credit: Julie Dermansky)
    Sign protesting Air Products’ proposed carbon capture and sequestration project at the mouth of the Tickfaw River (Photo Credit: Julie Dermansky)
    The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) was on-site on Thursday, December 28, 2023, investigating reports of an unknown spill into the water at North Manchac Pass near Port Manchac. The state’s environmental watchdog agency confirmed the next day that one barrel of synthetic drilling mud was released into the water by workers associated with the Air Products carbon capture an...

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