© Danny Moloshok / Reuters The entrance to Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Field is seen in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles, California January 9, 2016
The California gas company responsible for the storage site where methane has been leaking from a damaged well for over two months has promised action to stop the breach, while a Los Angeles County supervisor has branded the situation a "mini-Chernobyl."
SoCal Gas
said it was working on a plan to siphon off and safely burn some of the leaking methane, a crisis which has led to months of protests and the displacement of thousands of families in the Los Angeles County community of Porter Ranch. The gas has also leaked into homes and schools.
"SoCalGas is developing a system designed to capture and control a portion of the natural gas leaking from the well," a spokeswoman said in an email on Sunday,
according to The Guardian.
The operation is designed to reduce, but not eliminate, the leak, the company added.
"The design calls for a pipe to be installed in the area of the gas flow to capture a portion of the leaking gas and then carry it to separate units that will remove the fluids from the gas and then either incinerate it or filter the odorant out of it," SoCal Gas stated.
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