Sentences with phrase «uncontrolled release»

Beginning in October 23, 2015, a blowout at the Aliso Canyon storage field near Porter Ranch, CA resulted in a 4 - month long, uncontrolled release of natural gas, one of the largest in U.S. history.

As long as it is leaking naturally, into the environment, there's and overwhelming case for tapping into both, to actually and massively reduce the total environmental harm, these currently uncontrolled releases are doing!

Failure of the auxiliary spillway structure will result in an uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville.»

However, the uncontrolled releases at Primrose threaten to change that.

The oil spill began on 20 April when an uncontrolled release of oil and gas from an underwater well caused an explosion that engulfed the Deepwater Horizon rig, killing 11 crewmen on board.

By capturing water from these areas and subjecting them to the same test, it may be possible in the future to understand the consequences of an uncontrolled release of oil in these areas in greater detail.

The BOP is a massive stack of high - pressure valves, in this case weighing 400 tonnes, that sits on the sea floor and is designed to stop an uncontrolled release of oil or gas from a well during the initial drilling.