Sulphur Mines salt dome caverns showing signs of pressure loss - American Press

Sulphur Mines salt dome caverns showing signs of pressure loss - American Press

Two years after a cavern in the Sulphur Mines salt dome was placed under a state of emergency for stability concerns, a new set caverns are being observed by state regulators. Cavern 2-4-5 is showing early signs of pressure loss, Director of Communications Patrick Courreges told the American Press. The cavern is a cluster of three separate caverns that conjoined in the 1950s, and is losing “a couple of pounds a day,” he said.  In response, state…