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Invisible natural gas spill in California costing millions, making people sick

A steady stream of natural gas seeping out of the pipe casing in a well in Southern California may take three to four months to plug.

By Mark Chediak, Bloomberg, Harry R. Weber | Updated on December 07, 2015
Matt Pakucko, president of Save Porter Ranch, right, speaks to a reporter after testifying to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors about an uncontrolled gas leak that has sickened residents in his Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Workers are trying to stop a leak from a massive underground natural gas well on the that has nearby residents concerned for their safety and annoyed by the unpleasant smell. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

(Bloomberg) — Call it the invisible spill.  

You can’t see it, but it’s there—a steady stream of natural gas seeping out of the pipe casing in a well in Southern California that may spew as much greenhouse gas into the air as a half-million cars do in a year. Pipeline operator Sempra Energy says it may take three to four months to plug.

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