Natural gas leak that’s sickening Valley residents could take months to fix – LA Times

Southern California Gas Co. is warning that it might need several months to plug a natural gas leak that has been sickening residents in the San Fernando Valley for weeks.

Source: Natural gas leak that’s sickening Valley residents could take months to fix – LA Times

Uinta Basin gas leakage far worse than most believe | The Salt Lake Tribune

Uinta Basin gas leakage far worse than most believe | The Salt Lake Tribune.

Another View on Gas Drilling in the Context of Climate Change – NYTimes.com

Another View on Gas Drilling in the Context of Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

Schlumberger Gas Leak Study

Schlumberger Gas Leak Study.

Leak capped in San Bruno fire neighborhood, residents shaken – San Jose Mercury News

Leak capped in San Bruno fire neighborhood, residents shaken – San Jose Mercury News.

Gas Leaks on the Path to a Post-Fossil Future

 

Opinion
By By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: January 25, 2011
More evidence that leaks from wells and pipes blunt the climate value of natural gas and that industry needs to tighten up its act.

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Official calls well leak ‘very, very worrying’

Official calls well leak ‘very, very worrying’.

Official calls well leak ‘very, very worrying’

By Kevin Dougherty, Montreal Gazette January 28, 2011
Workers drill for natural gas in Hickory, Pa. The industry claims shale gas extraction is safe, but problems at wells in Quebec are worrying officials.

Workers drill for natural gas in Hickory, Pa. The industry claims shale gas extraction is safe, but problems at wells in Quebec are worrying officials.

Photograph by: Jeff Swensen, NYT

QUEBEC – An Environment Department official calls an uncontrolled gas leak at a shale gas well near St. Hyacinthe “very, very worrying,” and fears the leak “could lead to contamination of underground water.”

The well, operated by Calgary-based Canbriam Energy Quebec Partnership, is giving off methane gas that could threaten “the life, health, safety, well-being or comfort of human beings,” the Environment Department says in a notice sent the company.

“We ask you to proceed immediately with the necessary corrections to stop these emissions,” the notice adds. “As well, safety measures at the site should be established to ensure the protection of persons and property.”