Posted on 02/18/2016 1:47:58 PM PST by Citizen Zed
An underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest methane leak ever in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday.
The leak, which began in October, was confirmed by a series of independent laboratory tests to have been successfully sealed as of Wednesday night, officials said.
The leak originated from a broken injection-well pipe deep beneath the surface of the 3,600-acre (1,457-hectare) Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field, owned by Southern California Gas Co.
State officials said the uncontrolled release of 80,000 tonnes of methane, the main component of natural gas and a far more potent greenhouse agent than carbon dioxide, ranked as the largest such discharge on record in California.
Environmental groups seized on the breach to call attention to hazards posed by the state's aging fossil fuel energy infrastructure, and Governor Jerry Brown declared the gas leak a state emergency.
The stench of fumes spewing from the site sickened scores of people for weeks and prompted the temporary relocation of more than 6,600 households from the northern Los Angeles community of Porter Ranch, located at the edge of the gas field.
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They deported all the dem politicians?
Funny, I don’t remember anyone ever getting sick from the smell when I worked on a Rig in the Oil Field. Talked to my friend in Texas, and None of his employees get sick from the smell working on the Gas Wells
So sayeth California State Officials.
Think of the dumbest person in your classes in school/college.
They are now State Officials, Civil Servants, or (shudder) congresscritters throughout the country.
Now, think of the absolute dumbest of those.
They are California State Officials.
So, that gas leak has been “permanently sealed”?
Bwahahahahahahahah.
So that’s where all of those homeless people come from there! They’re waiting to go home again!
Yay!!
(Do I really need the tag?)
“Funny, I don’t remember anyone ever getting sick from the smell”
Probably added the smell of “gas” to it which is supposed to stink bad enough to make you sick so it’s not ignored.
“Permanent” to any politician means “until past the next election cycle”
That is, until the EPA decides to muck around. They'll find a way to mix toxic materials in the gas before blowing out the sealed leaks.
Methane has no odor. The people experiencing these issues are either smelling hydrogen sulfide or have logus on the bogus.
Yeah we had plenty of that,but that was the Job, get in the middle and work the well.
Bunch of wusses
I think we need some experiential evidence to see if it is permanently capped, or not. Rather than some politician who’s been waiting to be able to say it’s fixed.
Last people on earth to trust. Politithugs.
The lawyers are disappointed. How are they to make money now?
Methyl Mercaptan-—Methanethiol-—CH3SH-—an organosulfur compound. A nauseating odor if subjected to prolonged exposure. At very high concentrations it is highly toxic and affects the central nervous system. Leaking methyl mercaptan killed four employees and injured one in a DuPont facility in La Porte, Texas, near Houston, on 15 November 2014.
Jerry Brown’s sister is an executive or board member of the company.
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