LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California regulator has issued an emergency order requiring a utility to provide a plan to stop an uncontrolled leak from a massive natural gas storage field outside Los Angeles.
SoCalGas on Wednesday was given a day to provide data from the persistent leak that has worried neighbors of Porter Ranch who have complained about a sickening stench wafting for weeks.
The rare leak began Oct. 23 in what is believed to be the largest natural gas storage facility in the West. The gas company pumps natural gas a mile-and-a-half into an abandoned oil well for storage when demand is low and removes it when demand increases.
The state’s oil and gas supervisor says he made the order to prevent damage to life, health, property, or the environment.
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