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Efforts to plug Porter Ranch-area gas leak worsened blowout risk, regulators say
2016-01-15 15:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Southern California Gas Co.'s effort to plug its leaking natural gas well involves higher stakes than simply stopping the fumes that have sickened many residents of Porter Ranch. The company also is trying to avoid a blowout, which state regulators said is now a significant concern after a seventh attempt to plug the well created more precarious conditions at the site. If a blowout occurs, highly flammable gas would vent directly up through the well, known as SS25, rather than dissipating as...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical