New natural gas storage wells should be designed with double barriers, and older, single barrier wells phased out to guard against leaks and uncontrolled flows, a federal task force said.
The call for the more-protective well design is among 44 recommendations in a report released Oct. 18 by an interagency panel the White House convened to analyze last year’s massive leak at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in California to prevent future incidents.
“We wanted to take advantage of the lessons learned from Aliso Canyon and apply them to the more than 400 underground natural gas ...
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