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Gas Company Tries to Capture Methane in Latest Attempt to Plug Porter Ranch Leak

Thursday, January 14, 2016 | Sacramento, CA
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Porter Ranch Estates sit at the foothills near a Southern California Gas Co. gas well that has been leaking methane daily near the community Porter Ranch, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.

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Molly Peterson | The California Report

For going on three months, natural gas has been pouring out of a faulty well in Los Angeles County's Aliso Canyon storage field, and it could take two more months to contain it. Everyone wants to stop the leak. But doing so is proving complicated. 


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