Los Angeles

The Golden State’s largest oil and natural gas producer, California Resources Corp. (CRC), has partnered with ICE Thermal Harvesting LLC and the University of Houston to use zero-emissions electricity for in-field operations.  The pilot project, which was launched at CRC’s flagship Elk Hills oilfield in October, aims to test the feasibility of harvesting thermal energy…

The Los Angeles City Council this month urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to initiate an accelerated plan to close the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field.  The council passed a resolution to close the Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) 86 Bcf field, site of the nation’s largest methane leak in October 2015. The city council resolution…

A controversial urban oil drilling site south of downtown Los Angeles is being reactivated by AllenCo Energy Inc., the same operator that shut the site in 2013 amid growing concerns from nearby residents.

Ash and smoke spread throughout large swatches of the Los Angeles Basin on Wednesday, with three major ongoing wildfires spreading out of control and some new, more suburban-based blazes shutting the 405 Freeway in the heavily trafficked Sepulveda Pass between affluent hilltop residential neighborhoods and major campuses like UCLA and the Getty Center arts complex.

Fresh from the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage leak, Los Angeles now is contending with continuing concerns about a Freeport McMoRan Inc. (FCX) wellsite that has been reactivated adjacent to a environmental studies magnet school southwest of downtown.