A utility company got control of a leaking well that spewed natural gas for nearly four months and uprooted thousands of Los Angeles residents. Here’s a look at what needs to be done to seal it permanently and what happens after the state certifies the well is dead. WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM? Southern California Gas Co. reported in October that gas was leaking from a storage well at its Aliso Canyon facility. The leak occurred in a well drilled in 1953 to pump oil from beneath the Santa Susana Mountains. After wells in the area ran dry, the field was converted in the 1970s to store natural gas. Wells are used to pump gas underground for storage and then withdraw it when demand spikes. The facility, which has 115 wells and is capable of supplying gas for all of Southern California for more than a […]