A 2015 natural gas well blowout in Los Angeles that led to the largest-known release of methane in U.S. history resulted from a corroded pipe casing and a utility's safety failures, an investigation finds.
FILE - This Jan. 12, 2017, file photo shows gas gathering plant on a hilltop at the Southern California Gas Company's Aliso Canyon storage facility near the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles. An investigation into the cause of the largest-known release of methane in the U.S. faults a California utility for the way it maintained its natural gas storage field before the massive 2015 blowout.
The blowout lasted nearly four months and was blamed for sickening thousands of Los Angeles residents, who moved out of their Porter Ranch homes to escape a sulfurous stench and a medley of maladies including headaches, nausea and nose bleeds. Residents who live nearby the gas storage field continue to complain about health problems and many, along with some environmental groups, want the facility shut down.
The casing was originally designed as a safety barrier for oil production, but was being used to pump greater volumes of gas in and out of the field under high pressure. Regulations also failed to require inspections of the thickness of casing walls and those tests were not routinely conducted.
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