Idle, Abandoned or Orphan Oil and Gas Well Woes in California Continued

Idle Oil Well in Coalinga Oil Field - Fresno County, CA 

(Image:  Antandrus; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

Deserted oil wells haunt Los Angeles with toxic fumes and enormous cleanup costs

(Mark OLALDE and Ryan MENEZES, Los Angeles Times; March 5, 2020)

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-03-05/deserted-oil-wells-los-angeles-toxic-fumes-cleanup-costs

The toxic legacy of old oil wells:  California’s multibillion-dollar problem
(Mark OLALDE and Ryan MENEZES, Los Angeles Times; February 6, 2020)
https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-oil-well-drilling-idle-cleanup/

Report:  $550 Million Needed to Plug Abandoned California Oil, Gas Wells

(Press Release, Center for Biological Diversity; January 24, 2020)
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/report-550-million-needed-plug-abandoned-california-oil-gas-wells-2020-01-24/

(Image:  Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain) 

Website:

DOC Maps:  Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM)
[California Department of Conservation]
https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/doggr/

N. B.:  For additional information on Idle Oil and Gas Wells, please referred to my former blog post under the following title and date:

Abandoned, Orphaned or Idle Oil and Gas Wells   7/14/2015