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Feb 11, 2024 · Orphaned oil and gas wells are estimated to contribute 20% to 30% of methane leaks in the U.S., which affect drinking water, harm wildlife, ruin the land, and create flooding risks, according...
Feb 11, 2024 · Feb 11, 2024 Updated Feb 13, 2024. Well Done Foundation, a national nonprofit formed in 2019 whose mission is to plug the 3.5 million orphaned oil and gas wells across the United States, has...
Nov 15, 2022 · Posted at 8:40 AM, Nov 15, 2022. UPDATE (10:51 a.m.) - PG&E is reporting power to all but two customers has been restored. Still no word on the cause but PG&E was reporting crews were on site ...
Feb 8, 2022 · Published February 8, 2022 11:49 am. Share on Linkedin. ORCUTT, Calif. -- A low-flying helicopter drew plenty of attention from Orcutt residents on Tuesday. The aircraft is part of a SoCal...
- A 'Pioneer' with A Global Pedigree
- A Health Scare and Financial Moves
- Environmental Costs: 'Everyone’s Now Opening Their Eyes'
- Legislative Action
- A Future After Oil on Rincon?
The international businessman behind the constellation of Greka companies, Randeep Singh Grewal,calls himself “a pioneer in the oil and gas industry.” He said he learned to respect the environment during his childhood in Zambia, where his father worked as a mining geologist. “I grew up in the bush in Africa,” Grewal told The Desert Sun. “I’m the cl...
Faced with accusations that his companies exploited bankruptcy to put these issues in the past, Grewal said he remembered it differently. The beginning of the end of his fossil fuel empire dates back to 2007, when a severe blood clot cut off circulation through one of his legs. Grewal was told he had 90 days to live, and he set about restructuring ...
David Zdunkewicz is the Texas lawyer who filed RILP’s 2016 bankruptcy petition. He laid out a simple maxim of bankruptcy: “When there’s no money, there’s no money,” he told The Desert Sun. That means that, by the time a company enters bankruptcy, it’s already too late for many creditors — often including government agencies responsible for environm...
Several members of the California Legislature who have long histories with Rincon Island are now looking to reform oil and gas cleanup. Assemblymember Steve Bennett, D-Ventura, was a Ventura County supervisor when RILP entered bankruptcy. “We’re in a different world,” he said. “We’re in a world of more wells shutting down, and these wells being lat...
Robert “RB” Brunner has lived in Mussel Shoals for 49 years, so he acts as the “so-called mayor.” A retired building contractor, Brunner worked on Rincon Island’s causeway in the 1970s. “I actually have some blood on that island,” he said. He convened an informal community meeting one recent morning at the foot of the pier, with residents sharing w...
Mar 24, 2022 · Santa Maria - Lompoc - North County. Orcutt residents react to Governor Newsom’s proposed $11 billion gas relief package. By Evan Vega. March 24, 2022 7:22 pm. Published March 24, 2022 7:43 pm....
Jan 11, 2023 · January 12, 2023 12:08 pm. Published January 11, 2023 11:43 am. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin. Orcutt, Calif. – We got a closer look at the damage in Orcutt, where a ...
