For three months, the Los Angeles area has been dealing with a gas leak that’s the worst environmental catastrophe since British Petroleum’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the explosive nature of the leak, there is no comforting end in sight. the gas leak is spewing tons of methane into the environment An…
SoCal Gas didn’t even report this leak for six weeks.
Most of these wells were drilled between 40 and 60 years ago.
The fail-safe device for this well was taken off four years after it was drilled.
The last time this well had a safety check was in 1976.
Every methane well in California needs to be checked for safety today.