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Huge natural gas leak in Los Angeles still months from fix
2016-01-03 03:06:33| Energy - Topix.net
SoCalGas crews and technical experts attempted to safely stop the flow of natural gas leaking from a storage well at the utility's Aliso Canyon facility near Northridge section of Los Angeles on Nov. 3. The escape of tons of natural gas from under a Los Angeles neighborhood is taking months to stop because of pressure from the leak. LOS ANGELES The escape of tons of natural gas from storage under a Los Angeles neighborhood is not likely to be fixed for at least another two months due to the specific dynamics of the leak, according to officials.
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EPA Probes Porter Ranch Natural Gas Leak
2016-01-02 06:18:07| Energy - Topix.net
The Environmental Protection Agency says it is now investigating a massive ongoing natural gas leak in Los Angeles' Porter Ranch neighborhood that's being called one of the worst environmental disasters in years. More than two months after the leak started, methane gas continues to escape from an underground pipe at Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon facility.
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LA's Gas Leak Is a Global Disaster
2015-12-31 20:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gizmodo: ne of the worst environmental disasters of the decade is currently underway in a quiet community 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Putrid, methane-rich natural gas has been spewing into the air at an estimated rate of nearly 1,300 metric tons per day for over two months. Experts are calling it the climate version of the BP oil spill, and the leak isnt going to be contained anytime soon. Natural gas is often touted as a cleaner energy source than oil or coal, because of the lower greenhouse gas...
Massive methane gas leak displaces thousands in Los Angeles County
2015-12-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A major methane leak from a Los Angeles County natural gas storage field is spewing huge amounts of the potent climate change chemical into the air. Nearly 2,000 elementary students whose schools are nearby will have to enter different schools by mid-year. Low flying aircraft have been instructed to steer clear, and about 3,000 families have sought relocation. Several lawsuits have been filed on behalf of residents who say they've been harmed. Neither efforts to capture the leaking gas nor to seal...
Total fined 1.125m over gas leak at Aberdeens Elgin offshore platform in 2012
2015-12-23 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
A Scottish court has fined Total E&P UK 1.125m for a major gas leak from its Elgin offshore platform 150 miles east of Aberdeen in March 2012.
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