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Reference Materials - Oil & Gas Fields
Baldwin Hills/Inglewood - PXP - Playa Vista/SoCalGas
Courtesy of GrassrootsCoalition.org, Los Angeles, California
Settlement Agreement May 11, 2000, Decision 07-12-035 December 20, 2007 Case before Public Utilities Commission of the State of California:
Grassroots Coalition et al (GC) vs Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) Re: Litigation status of the Playa Del Rey (PDR) natural gas storage operations. CPUC found in favor of GC et al.
Grassroots Coalition et al (GC) vs Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) Re: Litigation status of the Playa Del Rey (PDR) natural gas storage operations. CPUC found in favor of GC et al.
Victor Jones, Ph.D. Environmental Technologies, Inc Comments on Grassroots' CPUC
Settlement Agreement with SoCalGas
"In spite of the fact that ETI’s soil gas methodologies were specifically requested within Appendix A of the Settlement Agreement, they were not followed by URS during the Phase I investigation."
Settlement Agreement with SoCalGas
"In spite of the fact that ETI’s soil gas methodologies were specifically requested within Appendix A of the Settlement Agreement, they were not followed by URS during the Phase I investigation."
Baldwin Hills 2008 PXP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) did not include sections which are typically part of the industry standard EIR. Therefore, a lawsuit (Petition for Writ of Mandamus) to get a industry standard EIR (study) of the oilfield, the grounds and the surrounding neighborhood was filed by the Citizen Coalition for a Safe Community, and to stop drilling until a complete study is done.
Baldwin Hills Community Standards District (CSD) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Excerpt
Section 4.3 Public Health Risk 30 pages - PXP - 2007 Study
Section 4.3 Public Health Risk 30 pages - PXP - 2007 Study
Table 4.3.2 Current Oil Field Operations Toxic Pollutant Emissions (lbs/year)
40 Toxic Pollutants for 2005-2006 1 Page PDF - 20 kilobytes (including in above Section 4.3 excerpt PDF)
40 Toxic Pollutants for 2005-2006 1 Page PDF - 20 kilobytes (including in above Section 4.3 excerpt PDF)
- Earthquake Safety - Subsidence - Methane
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook - Letter from Richard L Meehan to Culver City City Engineer
Meehan, Richard L; Richard L Meehan Consulting Engineer to Culver City, 2000 - Earthquake Safety - Subsidence - Methane
Vista Pacifica / Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook - Meehan states potential gas hazards, etc.
Meehan, Richard L; Richard L Meehan Consulting Engineer to Culver City, 2000 - Energy Production in California - Comprehensive
California Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources: An Introduction 37 megabytes
California Department of Conservation: Div Oil & Gas, 1993 - Glossary - Drilling, Separation and Dehydration, Produced Water, Contaminants
Oil and Gas Field operation glossary - includes health affects, simple read.
Oil and Gas Accountability Project - Glossary - Oil and Gas Field Chemicals and their health affects
Air Pollution glossary - Oil and Gas Regulations fall short of protecting the public.
Oil and Gas Accountability Project - Glossary of Acronyms / Abbreviations Use in Oil and Gas Production
Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations – Commonly in Oil and Gas Production - Health Affects– hydrocarbons, salts, metals, radionuclides, production chemicals
Produced Water – Largest waste stream in Oil and Gas Production
Sumi, Lisa; Oil and Gas Accountability Project, 2005 - ** Health -BTEX Gases - California Prop 65 Chemicals - Comprehensive / Illustrated
BTEX Contamination - What is BTEX? BTEX Components of Gasoline, etc - Technical Outreach
Hazardous Substance Research Centers - EPA - Health- Hydraulic Fracturing contaminates Drinking Water
Hydraulic Fracturing – In 2005 the oil / gas industry gutted Safe Drinking Water Act
Oil and Gas Accountability Project - Health -Reproductive Endocrine Effects in Women exposed to fuels and solvents
Reproductive Endocrine Effects in Women with Occupational Fuel and Solvent Exposures - Evidence
Reutman, Susan R; LeMasters, Grace; Dept. of Health & National Institute for Occupational Safety, 2002 - Health-Clusters of Lupus Associated with Oil field Waste Site
Lupus - Clusters associationed with oil field waste site; a cross section study
Dahlgren, James; Takhar, Harpeet; UCLA School of Medicine, UCLA School of Public Health, 2007 - * Health-Death by Asphyxiation from Hydrogen (H2S) Exposure
Chemical Brain Injury: Hydrogen (H2S) Exposure from Refineries in Cities - Torrance, CA Study
Kaye Kilburn; Chemical Brain Injury (Book Excerpt) - *** Injection of Fluids - Baldwin Hills Dam Failure - Comprehensive
Ground Rupture in the Baldwin Hills - Injection of fluids into the ground for oil recovery
Hamilton, James H; Meehan, Richard L; Science, 1971 - Oilfields - Explosion - Gas Venting in Urban LA - Comprehensive
Ross Dress for Less - Explosion in Los Angeles linked to waste disposal in old oilfields
Hamilton, James H; Meehan, Richard L; Society of Petroleum Engineers - Regional Meeting , 2000 - Oilfields - Explosion - Comprehensive
Ross Dress for Less - Cause of explosion and other gas ventings, Fairfax District, Los Angeles
Hamilton, James H; Meehan, Richard L; Association of Engineering Geologists, Pub No 4, 2000 - Oilfields - Hazards Identification
Environmental Geochemistry Techniques for the Evaluation of Urban Oilfieds Health & Safety Hazards
Endres, Bernard L; University of So Ca- Environmental Engineering Seminar, 2004 - ****Oilfields - Urban Environmental Hazards in LA - Comprehensive
Environmental Hazards Posed By The Los Angeles Basin Urban Oilfields: Lessons Learned
Endres, Bernard, Phd; Chilingar, George V; Environmental Geology - Original Article, 2005 - Aquifers - Wilmington Shallow and Surface Casings
Wilmington Oil Field - Polymer Flooding, Ranger Zone, Fault Block V
Crowder, Robert; California Division of Oil & Gas, 1978 - Earthquake along Newport-Inglewood Fault
Quake Occurred Along Fault Said to Be Among Area's Most Dangerous (Newport-Inglewood)
Reich, Kenneth; Los Angeles Times / California / Local, 2001 - Earthquake control experiment in Colorado
An Experiment in Earthquake Control at Rangely, Colorado
Raliegh, C B; Healy, J H; Science Magazine, 1976 - Earthquakes - Induced - Bibliography
Induced Earthquake Bibliography - Oil and Gas Production Induced Earthquake References
2007 - Earthquakes - Los Angeles Region
Prospects for Larger or More Frequent Earthquakes in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region
Dolan, James; Sieh, Kerry; Science, 1995 - Earthquakes - Newport-Inglewood Fault
Ground Shaking from Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake on Newport-Inglewood Fault
FEMA; - Earthquakes - Soil Response
Nonlinear soil response - The 1933, Long Beach, California earthquake
Trufunac, M D; Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering - Fault Interaction
Mechanical fault interaction within the Los Angeles Basin
Cooke, Michele L.; Ayako Kameda; Journal of Geophysical Research, 2002 - Fault Interactions and Complex Earthquakes in LA Area - Website Resources
Fault Interactions and Large Complex Earthquakes in the Los Angeles Area
Anderson, Greg et al; Science Magazine, 2008 - Faults - Perspective view Newport-Inglewood
Illustration - Perspective view of Los Angeles area faults including Newport-Inglewood Fault
Harvard - Health -Benzene Exposure - Low Levels
Benzene -Hematotoxicity in Workers Exposed to Low Levels of Benzene - ON LINE RESOURCES
Qing Lan, et al; Science Magazine, 2008 - Health -Benzene Exposure in Shoe Workers - Leukemia and bone marrow toxicity
Benzene -Factory Study Shows Low Levels of Benzene Reduce Blood Cell Count (China)
Erik Stokstad; Science Magazine, 2004 - Health -Benzene-Exposed and Control Workers - Cancer and Leukemia
Benzene-Exposed and Control Workers in China (Albumin Adducts of of Electrophilic Metabolites )
Yu-Sheng Lin; Roel Vermeulen; University of North Carolina, National Cancer Institute, 2007 - Health -Benzene-Exposure - Effect on genetic polymorphisms
Benzene Poisoning (Association of Genetic Polymorphisms)
Junxiang Wan; Jinxiu Shi; Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002 - Health Concerns - Oil Production
Health Concerns Related to Proposed Expansion of Oilfield Operations in the Baldwin Hills
Cole, Brian, Dr. P.H.; UCLA School of Public Health, 2007 - Health -Repro Endocrine Effects - toxicity, respiratory, neurotoxicity, gastro, liver
Chemicals Used in Oil and Natural Gas Development and Delivery
Bachman, Mary; The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, 2007 - Health-Benzene and Leukemia Mortality - Temporal Variation
Benzene and Leukemia Mortality - Temporal Variation
Richardson, David B; University of North Carolina, School of Public Health, 2008 - Health-Chemical Mixtures and Toxicology
Chemicals Mixtures and Toxicology
Monosson, Emily; Environmental Health Perspectives, 2005 - Map - Fault - Newport-Inglewood
Inglewood Oil Field Fault Map Figure 9
Endres, Bernard, Phd - Map - Inglewood Oil Field
Map of Inglewood Oil Field Page 122, Los Angeles County
California Division of Oil & Gas - Oilfields - Explosion - Short narrative excerpt
Ross Dress for Less - Cause of explosion and other gas ventings, Fairfax District, Los Angeles
Hamilton, James H; Meehan, Richard L; Association of Engineering Geologists, Pub No 4, 1992 - Oilfields - Investigate gas venting in urban LA
Methane: Proposal for Investigation. . .Methane and Other Underground Gases in Los Angeles
Meehan, Richard L; Stanford University, 2000 - Oilfields - Oil Well Casings
Casing Leaks Diagrams - Types 1-5
Endres, Bernard, Phd; 1984 - Oilfields - Urban Environmental Hazards
Environmental Hazards of Urban Oilfield Operations
Endres, Bernard, Phd; Chilingar, George V; 1991 - Subsidence - Overview Oilfields of Southern California
Subsidence Overview - Redondo Beach King Harbor - Breakwater Evaluation / Inglewood Field 19 meg
Chilingarian, George V; Endres, Bernard L; 1992 - Subsidence - Baldwin Hills, CA
Horizontal Earth Movement in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles Area
Alexander, Ira H; Journal of Geophysical Research, 1962 - Subsidence - Baldwin Hills, CA
Subsidence of Bench Marks Baldwin Hills Area
Endres, Bernard, Phd; 1910-74 - Subsidence - Baldwin Hills, CA Dam Failure
Calculated Horizontal Movements at Baldwin Hills, California
Lee, Kenneth L; International Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences, 1976 - Subsidence - Baldwin Hills, CA Dam Failure
Baldwin Hills Reservoir Failure (1963) - Lessons Learned & Illustrations of Dam
James, Laurence; Jansen, Robert B; Advanced Dam Engineering - Subsidence - Beverly Hills, CA
Urban Oil Production and Subsidence Control - Case History - Beverly Hills, CA Oilfield
Erickson, R C; Spaulding, A O; Society of Petroleum Engineers - Annual Meeting, 1975 - Subsidence - Caused by Fluid Withdrawal
Subsidence Caused by Fluid Withdrawal: The Need for a Systems Approach - Book Excerpt 10 meg
Chilingarian, George V; Gurevich, Alexander; Land Subsidence Case Studies and Current Research, 1998 - Subsidence - General Review
Impacts of land subsidence caused by withdrawal of underground fluids in the United States
Holzer, Thomas L; Galloway, Devin L; Geological Society of America, 2005 - Subsidence - Occurrence, Prediction, Control
Subsidence arising from ground-water withdrawal, oil and gas field activities and coal gasification 10 meg
Whittaker, Barry N; Reddish, David J; Developments in Geotechnical Engineering, 56, 1989 - Subsidence - Pipeline Right-of-Ways
Differential InSAR Measurement of Ground Movement along Pipeline Right-of-Ways
Youden, James; Power, Desmond; GRI Gas Research Institute, Des Plaines, IL, 2004 - Subsidence - Schematic of how it occurs.
Schematic of how subsidence occurs. - Subsidence - Wetland Loss on Gulf Coast
Subsidence - Gulf Coast region, USA - Evidence of regional subsidence . . .induced by oil production
Morton, Robert; Bernier, Julie; Environmental Geology, 2006 - Subsidence - Wilmington Oil Field, Long Beach, CA
Subsidence in the Wilmington Oil Field, Long Beach, CA
Mayuga, M N; Allen, D R - Subsidence - Illustration
Prolonged changes in ground-water levels induce subsidence - Illustration of aquifer system
Aquitard Drainage and Aquifer-System56. Corroded Well Lining Caused Alison Canyon Gas Leak that displaced thousands, report says, 2019
"In a 258-page report, investigators said that groundwater had corroded the metal lining of a more-than-50-year-old underground well, leading to its rupture at 892 feet below ground. The report also said that SoCalGas, the company that owns and operates the natural gas well, did not meaningfully investigate or analyze more than 60 previous leaks at the facility The company did not properly monitor its wells at the site, the report said, adding that “the approach to well integrity at Aliso Canyon had been reactive rather than proactive.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/business/porter-ranch-gas-leak.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage
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