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California drilling island focus of state’s conservation department

Corroded and unsafe wells found on California drilling island LOS ANGELES _ State regulators are working to ensure the company that owns a California drilling island located on the southern coast cleans up the facility after a number of severely corroded and unsafe wells were discovered. According to the Associated Press, the Department of Conservation is […]

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Some California earthquakes linked to oil operations: Report

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California earthquakes occurred during peak wastewater injection period SAN FRANCISCO _ A 2005 spate of quakes in California’s Central Valley almost certainly was triggered by oilfield injection underground, a study published Thursday said in the first such link in California between oil and gas operations and earthquakes. Researchers at the University of California at Santa

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Report on 2015 California refinery explosion to be unveiled

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California refinery explosion blamed on leaking vapour TORRANCE, Calif. _ A blast at a California refinery could have been much worse if debris from the explosion had pierced a nearby tank holding tens of thousands of pounds of a toxic acid, according to an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Investigators from the

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Chief California oil regulator quits after controversies

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Days after being appointed, California oil regulator approved mapping for oil of governor’s ranch SAN FRANCISCO _ California’s chief oil regulator announced his resignation after 17 months as head of the embattled agency, including a criticized episode in which he directed state workers to investigate the oil and gas potential of Gov. Jerry Brown’s family

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Jerry Brown had state workers research oil potential of family ranch

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Jerry Brown ranch near Williams, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO _Gov. Jerry Brown last year directed state oil and gas regulators to research, map and report back on any mining and oil drilling history and “potential for future oil and gas activity” at the Brown family’s private land in Northern California, state records show. After a phone

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California’s Monterey Shale fracking potential downgraded

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Monterey Shale deposits now estimated at 21 million barrels, down from 13.7 billion SAN FRANCISCO – A U.S. Geological Survey report out Tuesday downgrades the fracking potential of California’s vast Monterey Shale oil deposits. The study is the latest to lower a 2011 federal energy estimate that billed the Monterey Shale as a game-changer for U.S. oil,

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California energy policy hits snag as gov’t drops key mandate on oil use

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Business groups, oil companies saw California energy policy as attack on their bottom line SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California will continue to lead the fight in curbing greenhouse gas emissions for the sake of future generations, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative Democrats said as they scaled back an ambitious climate change proposal amid opposition from oil interests. “This is

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Ex Calif. official says Jerry Brown ordered regulators to bypass US water law

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Representative for Jerry Brown says accusations ‘baseless’ SAN FRANCISCO – California’s top oil and gas regulators repeatedly warned Gov. Jerry Brown’s senior aides in 2011 that the governor’s orders to override key safeguards in granting oil industry permits would violate state and federal laws protecting the state’s groundwater from contamination, one of the former officials has testified.

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Environmentalists call for block of Long Beach fracking permits

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Nine Long Beach fracking permits approved earlier this month LOS ANGELES – Environmentalists Tuesday called on Gov. Jerry Brown to halt plans for months of hydraulic fracturing in the waters off Southern California, warning that it could lead to chemical pollution or an oil spill. State regulators this month approved nine permits for operator Thums Long

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California oil spill: Governor declares state of emergency

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7,700 of 105,00 gallons of leaked oil in California oil spill recovered More than 7,700 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking goo that escaped from a broken pipeline, officials said. Up to 105,000 gallons

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