Aliso Blowout

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Infrared image of invisible methane gas discharge:

Latest News

• 2016-02-12 -- Gas Well Plugged -- Blowout stopped after nearly 4 months -- https://weather.com/news/news/porter-ranch-gas-leak-plugged

Overview

A well in a natural gas storage facility in the City of Los Angeles (the Porter Ranch neighborhood) began leaking on October 23. Many state agencies – including the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources – are overseeing efforts by the Southern California Gas Company (SCG) and its contractors to halt the leak.

• Aerial footage of the blowout -- https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/health-science/aerial-footage-shows-aliso-canyon-natural-gas-leak/2015/12/23/d00da2bc-a8fb-11e5-b596-113f59ee069a_video.html

Background

• CPUC page on the event: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/aliso/
• Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources -- http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog
• Malashenko Testimony -- http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUC_Public_Website/Content/News_Room/News_and_Updates/Malashenko%20Testimony%20Final.pdf

We have already begun an investigation into what happened and will be taking all appropriate enforcement actions. 3 Our investigation is a broad and in-depth assessment of the So Cal Gas actions before and after the well failure; including public notification and issues relating to the So Cal Gas operation and maintenance of the gas storage facility in general. We, along with DOGGR, are focusing our investigation on the historical operation and mechanical condition of the well to determine the cause of the well failure and the subsequent natural gas leak. Both of our agencies will be utilizing an independent third party to perform a technical root cause analysis of the well failure. Those findings will also be available to the public. The third party is being jointly selected by the agencies. I expect to notify So Cal Gas of the selection by the end of the day tomorrow.

• Directives by CPUC safety enforcement division (SED) to preserve evidence at the site
• The initial data request by SED -- http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUC_Public_Website/Content/News_Room/News_and_Updates/SS25.DOC.20160126.DR01.1-scg.pdf
  • To which So Cal Gas just provided a letter that said it would take more time.
• This is the 12-2015 statement that investigations were taking place. -- http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/uploadedFiles/CPUC_Public_Website/Content/News_Room/News_and_Updates/DOGGR%20CPUC%20Joint%20Statement%20on%20Aliso%20%20Investigations%2012-15-2015%20v1-1.pdf

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Summary of articles submitted (Add | All):

• (CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2016) 2016-12-30 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2016 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1645) 2016-02-17 A Whiff of Methane and the Odor of Corruption -- Brett Redmayne Titley, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1646) 2016-02-17 Stopped!! Methane Blow-Out. Radioactive Fall-out. And ... The Predictable Result. -- Brett Redmayne Titley, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1647) 2016-02-14 Richard Mathews on Aliso Gas Blowout Disaster -- Ray Lutz, Richard Mathews, Citizens Oversight, Richard Mathews Porter Ranch So Cal Gas
• (M1648) 2016-02-14 2016 02 14 Richard Mathews On Senate Campaign -- Ray Lutz, Richard Mathews, Citizens Oversight, Porter Ranch So Cal Gas Richard Mathews
• (M1649) 2016-02-14 2016 02 14 Porter Ranch Tour -- Richard Mathews -- Ray Lutz, Richard Mathews, Citizens Oversight, Porter Ranch So Cal Gas Richard Mathews
• (M1642) 2016-02-02 Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Lodges Lawsuit Over the Aliso Canyon Gas Leak, Citing Violations of State Health and Safety Laws -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris,
• (M1638) 2016-02-01 Porter Ranch Air Quality Monitoring -- , fenceline.org, This site provide real-time monitoring data of air quality at Porter Ranch
• (M1641) 2016-01-29 Petition to CPUC to Order Investigation into Aliso Canyon Storage Field -- Aguirre & Severson, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1637) 2016-01-17 Relief Well Operations -- , So Cal Gas,
• (M1639) 2016-01-06 California’s Methane Gas Leak Environmental Catastrophe Explained -- , The Lip TV,
• (M1640) 2016-01-06 A Staggering Methane Leak Has Caused a State of Emergency in CA -- Thom Hartmann, RT.com, Features Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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