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 SoCalGas actions before and after the well failure; including public notification and issues relating to the SoCalGas 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 SoCalGas of the selection by the end of the day tomorrow.
- Directives by CPUC safety enforcement division (SED) to preserve evidence at the site.pdf)
- 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 SoCalGas 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 for this project:
CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2016 2016-12-30 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2016 -- RayLutz CitizensOversight - M1646 2016-02-17 Stopped!! Methane Blow-Out. Radioactive Fall-out. And ... The Predictable Result. -- Brett Redmayne Titley CitizensOversight
- M1645 2016-02-17 A Whiff of Methane and the Odor of Corruption -- BrettRedmayneTitley CitizensOversight
M1647 2016-02-14 Richard Mathews on Aliso Gas Blowout Disaster -- Ray Lutz, Richard Mathews CitizensOversight - M1648 2016-02-14 2016 02 14 Richard Mathews On Senate Campaign -- Ray Lutz, Richard Mathews CitizensOversight
- M1649 2016-02-14 2016 02 14 Porter Ranch Tour -- Richard Mathews -- Ray Lutz, Richard Mathews CitizensOversight
- 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 
M1641 2016-01-29 Petition to CPUC to Order Investigation into Aliso Canyon Storage Field -- Aguirre & Severson CitizensOversight - 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
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