Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) unit reported Monday that it expects to stop the nearly three-month-old natural gas storage well leak at its Aliso Canyon underground facility “by late February, if not sooner.”
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SoCalGas Leak Emissions Down 60%, Tests Indicate
While the target date for plugging the leak is still two months off, emissions have dropped 60% at the natural gas well storage site at Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon underground field near Los Angeles, according to estimates by state regulators that were issued on Tuesday.
Post-SoCalGas Storage Well Leak, EDF Advocates Rethinking NatGas Role
The prolonged leak of a well at the Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon underground natural gas storage field has left the industry, state regulators and the multi-billion-dollar Sempra Energy utility in the cross-hairs of climate change activists like the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), whose representatives on Friday called for a re-evaluation of the future role of natural gas in the nation’s energy mix.
SoCalGas, Air Quality Board Pursue Capture/Burn Strategy at Storage Well Leak; Costs Hit $50M
Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the regional air pollution regulators have agreed to pursue a plan to capture and burn at least part of the escaping emissions at SoCalGas’ two-month-old natural gas storage well leak on the northern suburban fringe of Los Angeles (see related story), following an all-day public hearing last Saturday in the Porter Ranch residential area impacted by the leak.
Residents Seek to Close SoCalGas Storage Facility; Gov. Brown Declares Emergency
Residents living in the area adjacent to the Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) underground natural gas storage field, where a two-month-old leak has forced many to relocate, have asked state oil and gas regulators to shut down the facility.
Lack of Subsurface Safety Valve Raised in SoCalGas Storage Well Leak
Attorneys have cited the absence of a safety valve in lawsuits on behalf of residents that have been dislocated by a two-month-old natural gas storage well leak in the northwest end of the Los Angeles San Fernando Valley (see Daily GPI,Nov. 19).
Emissions, Storage Pressure Eyed in Fed, State Probes of Aliso Canyon
Separate federal and state probes are now underway in California as the Aliso Canyon underground natural gas storage well leak continues to draw the spotlight. The leaking well in the foothills northwest of downtown Los Angeles has officials focusing on unanswered questions regarding the volumes of methane escaping into the atmosphere and the extent to which over-pressurization led to the well failure.
SoCalGas Gets OK For Distributed Resources Tariff
California regulators recently approved a new tariff for Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) to enter the distributed generation sector, which is growing in the state.
California Leaders, Area Residents Focus Ire on SoCalGas Over Leaking Storage Well
Lawsuits, investigations and public invectives were mounting in California Wednesday against Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) over a two-month-old natural gas underground storage well leak and the resulting impact on a suburban Los Angeles community.
SoCal Storage Leak Not Affecting Gas Supply, Officials Say
Local radio talk show hosts and elected officials on Thursday toured Southern California Gas Co.’s (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon underground storage field where a gas well leak is now two-months old. At the same time, efforts to plug the well and keep the 86 Bcf storage facility operating continued almost unnoticed.