Crude oil surfaces in the city?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Petrotrin officials have been notified of the discovery of a black substance at Royal Road, San Fernando.

The black substance, believed to be crude oil, was discovered by Water and Sewerage Authourity (WASA) workers on Sunday.



The Express was told that WASA was assisting the San Fernando City Corporation in cleaning drains in the city.

WASA officials said Petrotrin was informed and a team was dispatched to investigate.

Petrotrin officials said the company had no pipelines in the area. “Petrotrin has no installation in San Fernando, so it could be a natural seepage,” the Express was told.

The area, near the Circular Road Quik Shoppe, was cordoned off resulting in single lane traffic in the area.

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20151109 ... n-the-city

[silent_riot]

Probably a cesspit.

[MG Man]

mussy Ansa Auto up de road dumping waste oil

[stev]

[desifemlove]

makes sense, given the geology at hand.

[pugboy]

The rivers by beetham have the same black goop on them

[BrotherHood]

Yea but daz not oil

[wagonrunner]

mussy Ansa Auto up de road dumping waste oil

could it be from the truck and heavy machinery junkyard / garage at the end of marryat street?

[pete]

It had a sale on court clothes or what?

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[wagonrunner]

It had a sale on court clothes or what?

nah, not clothes. on memories of what was seen there while walking through as a teen.
saw the oil barrels full sometimes. saw what was full on their sides with the ground around soaking black too.

[streetbeastINC.]

Drainage spent oil from nearby restaurants.

[Redman]

mussy Ansa Auto up de road dumping waste oil

could it be from the truck and heavy machinery junkyard / garage at the end of marryat street?

If it's the top of Marryat st then that certainly ain't a junkyard.

Either way I would be very surprised if it was them..that eh how they live.
Well now at least

[VexXx Dogg]

gas station with servicebay not too far away.
leaky tanks, old oil, plenty potential sources no?

[nervewrecker]

Plenty places dump used oil down the drain, not uncommon. Shows up at the wastewater treatment plants.

Cant tell from the vid if its old oil or just black water.

[tr1ad]

could be the service station, or....

couple areas in san fernando proper has pitch deposits, my land on san fernando st has had seepage of pitch for over 50 years

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

looks just like the used oil I used to dump in my D15B Vtec Engine.

[moti]

could be the service station, or....

couple areas in san fernando proper has pitch deposits, my land on san fernando st has had seepage of pitch for over 50 years

All that to say you old?
Is 50 years you say inno fadda

[Redman]

could be the service station, or....

couple areas in san fernando proper has pitch deposits, my land on san fernando st has had seepage of pitch for over 50 years

The service station old oil or leaked fuel would be easily identifiable by smell, as would crude (if a natural seepage)

If its source is ID d .....its a BIG clean up cost.

My bet is this will get swept under the rug as the liability is huge.

[Pointman-IA]

could be the service station, or....

couple areas in san fernando proper has pitch deposits, my land on san fernando st has had seepage of pitch for over 50 years

This is because the San Fernando hill lies in the Naparima Formation and contains the source rock for hydrocarbons.

[Mudboy]

could be the service station, or....

couple areas in san fernando proper has pitch deposits, my land on san fernando st has had seepage of pitch for over 50 years

This is because the San Fernando hill lies in the Naparima Formation and contains the source rock for hydrocarbons.

Yep, every Trini Geologist mentions this in lectures.

[K_J_R]

mudboy is correct of course.

that area near soongs etc has lots of rogue oil seeps due to the source rock formation in that area for several decades. this is probably a larger seep.

about 6-7 yrs ago we found a small seep in someones yard just opposite soongs.