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During the cracking process, the catalyst is coated with a carbon material called coke, which is then burned off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air district says that procedure, part of normal daily operations at many large refineries, emits more \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/pm-pollution/particulate-matter-pm-basics#PM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">particulate matter\u003c/a> than any other part of the refining process and makes up a significant portion of each plant’s total emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Proposal: Bring on the Scrubbers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The proposal before the 24-member air district board would amend \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/rules-and-compliance/rules/reg-6-rule-5-particulate-emissions-from-refinery-fluidized-catalytic-cracking-units?rule_version=2020%20Amendment#:~:text=Description%3A,precursors%20of%20secondary%20particulate%20matter.,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation 6 Rule 5\u003c/a>, limiting the amount of particulate matter, ammonia and sulfur dioxide the cracking units emit. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air district says the change could cut annual Chevron and PBF emissions of PM10 particulates by an estimated 400 tons — or 72% — from the recently reported level of 554 tons a year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal is not expected to affect Phillips 66 in Rodeo, which does not have a fluid catalytic cracking unit, or Marathon in Martinez, which is currently idled. Both refineries are being converted to produce renewable diesel fuel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If approved, the rule would go into effect in five years, requiring Chevron and PBF to buy and install a system called a wet gas scrubber, a unit that Valero’s Benicia refinery already has. The scrubbers capture and remove pollutants by sending exhaust gas through sprays of scrubbing liquid. The district says the scrubbers can significantly reduce the particulate matter released into the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Dirty Air\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Particulate matter is essentially what some experts call “dirty air,” which contains things like soot, dust and dirt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents have become more familiar with the air quality concerns associated with particulate matter as a result of massive wildfires in recent years that have fouled the region’s air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Compelling evidence also indicates that fine particulate matter is the most significant air pollution health hazard in the Bay Area,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/dotgov/files/rules/reg-6-rule-5-particulate-emissions-from-refinery-fluidized-catalytic-cracking-units/2020-amendment/documents/20210330_sr_0605-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">air district staff wrote\u003c/a> in the agency’s report on the proposal. “Reducing particulate matter emissions can reduce mortality and increase average life span.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"oil-refineries\"]Fine inhalable particulate matter with diameters that are generally 2.5 micrometers or smaller — known as PM2.5 — can exacerbate conditions for people who have preexisting heart and lung conditions, including children with asthma. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Research has linked exposure to particulate matter to cardiovascular disease, changes in cognitive function, low birth weight and preterm births, among other health problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who gets the heaviest exposures to PM2.5? Low-income communities of color,” said John Balmes, a professor of medicine at UCSF, who sits on the California Air Resources Board. “Where do they put refineries? Usually adjacent to low-income communities of color.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rule change before the board also includes a limit on the total amount of PM10 an oil refinery releases, although most of those emissions are understood to be within the PM2.5 size range, an air district representative said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The refineries that surround us in the Bay Area are the largest source of industrial air pollution [in the region], which is dangerous to health” said Dr. Amanda Millstein, a pediatrician in Richmond and co-founder of Climate Health Now, a group of California health professionals pushing to transition away from fossil fuels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s time to protect health over the financial interests of the fossil fuel industry,” she said. “The air district board needs to fulfill its mission to provide a healthy breathing environment to every Bay Area resident and require the best available retrofit technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Industry Opposition\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>PBF says a wet gas scrubber would cost too much and that its Martinez refinery doesn’t have enough space for such a unit. The New Jersey-based company says the scrubber would require considerable amounts of fresh water, electricity and natural gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, according to air district staff, refineries that use wet gas scrubbers use between 120,000 and 430,000 gallons of water a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal “will force us to shut down the Martinez refinery,” Paul Davis, PBF’s western region president, wrote in an April 29 letter to the district. He added that the refinery can work to reduce its particulate matter releases but not by as much as air district staff are recommending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"John Balmes, UCSF professor of medicine and California Air Resources Board member\"]‘Who gets the heaviest exposures to PM2.5? Low-income communities of color. Where do they put refineries? Usually adjacent to low-income communities of color.’[/pullquote]Chevron says it has been steadily reducing its emissions. The San Ramon-based oil giant says its Richmond modernization project, which involved bringing in a new hydrogen plant along with other developments, has brought about a larger reduction in particulate emissions than the district’s proposed change would.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron said in a series of letters to the the agency that the district’s research on the proposal was riddled with errors and had not taken into account recent refinery improvements. It also said the district had underestimated the cost of installing and operating a wet gas scrubber and overestimated the projected emissions reductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While the capital costs will indeed be exorbitant, the public health benefits will be negligible,” Carroll, of Latham & Watkins, \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/dotgov/files/rules/reg-6-rule-5-particulate-emissions-from-refinery-fluidized-catalytic-cracking-units/2020-amendment/comments/20210430_chevron_0605-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote\u003c/a> on behalf of Chevron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]Refinery industry executives and some labor leaders say the rule change could also reduce high-quality blue-collar jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But local environmentalists argue the opposite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s good for public health and good for the economy,” said Dan Sakaguchi, a researcher for Communities for a Better Environment, a Richmond-based group that has long called for stronger refinery regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This policy would result in significant economic benefits, including creating thousands of community-supporting jobs, through the installation of new technology to reduce pollution,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air district \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/board-of-directors/2021/bod_agenda_060221_rv-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meeting\u003c/a> will be held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. The public can read the agency’s presentation \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/board-of-directors/2021/bod_presentations_060221_op-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a> and watch the hearing live \u003ca href=\"https://bayareametro.zoom.us/j/82294699509#success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Chevron says an incorrectly labeled electrical diagram caused a power outage at its Richmond refinery last November and led to a series of flaring incidents and the release of more than 100,000 pounds of toxic gases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of California's top air quality health experts says the electrical incident, which the company disclosed in a report to regional air regulators, amounts to a \"Chevron screw-up\" that could have triggered serious health effects for people living downwind of the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series of events started Nov. 2, when the plant belched out a plume of black smoke that could be seen throughout the central Bay Area. Hours after the flaring began, Chevron said a power disruption to part of the massive facility had triggered the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refinery officials provided details of the mistake and subsequent problems at the refinery in a series of reports filed earlier this month with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='John Balmes, professor of medicine at UCSF who sits on the California Air Resources Board']'That sounds like a Chevron screw-up that should not have been beyond the reasonable control of Chevron.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says the issues began as workers tested a communication system that uses acoustic signals to control valves at the plant. During the test, circuit breakers at two electrical substations tripped, causing a power outage to part of the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This was due to an incorrectly labeled drawing that did not match the circuitry in the field,\" \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_1102_a0010_s6013_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of Chevron's reports\u003c/a> says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It sounds like a routine maintenance check that went south,\" said Eric Smith, a Tulane University professor who specializes in refinery operations, and who read the company's reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nov. 2 outage led to gases being routed through several of the refinery's flares. The initial malfunction also affected other parts of the facility's operations, leading to further flaring over the following week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That sounds like a Chevron screw-up that should not have been beyond the reasonable control of Chevron,\" said John Balmes, a professor of medicine at UCSF who sits on the California Air Resources Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It seems like it was a serious incident that led to a release of a large volume of climate forcing and toxic gases,\" Balmes said. \"If an asthmatic patient was outside downwind from the SO2 (sulfur dioxide) release, they could have experienced an asthma attack.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hours after the flaring started, the air district said it had received 20 complaints from people nearby who said they could see the smoke or smell an odor coming from the plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nov. 2 flaring operation lasted 17 hours, into the early hours of Nov. 3. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the refinery began starting up parts of its hydrogen plant that afternoon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_1103_a0010_s6021_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it sent more methane and non-methane hydrocarbons through its flares\u003c/a> between Nov. 3 and Nov. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Nov. 9, as the refinery restarted several hydroprocessing units, its flare gas recovery system got overloaded and sent \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_1109_a0010_s6039_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another round of pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, into the air. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, more than 100,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide, 8,000 pounds of methane and 9,000 pounds of non-methane hydrocarbons (this includes chemicals like propane and benzene, among others) were released in the three incidents, the company's reports say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The amount of sulfur dioxide released following the early November outage was nearly equal to the total amount of the pollutant the refinery released in flaring operations in all of 2019, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/graphs/flare-emissions-charts/2019/refinery_flaring_so2-emissions_2019-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public data from the air district\u003c/a>. It's also tens of thousands of pounds more than the total amount of sulfur dioxide that all other Bay Area refineries released during flaring that same year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That was a lot of very lengthy flaring,\" said Matt Krogh, oil and gas campaign director for the environmental group Stand.earth. \"Chevron should have better systems in place.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Matt Krogh, oil and gas campaign director for the environmental group Stand.earth']'That was a lot of very lengthy flaring ... Chevron should have better systems in place.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it was an emergency, it was a preventable emergency,\" Krogh said. \"Chevron has been flaring excessively for years. Why can't they get a handle on what's flowing through their processing units?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018 and 2019, Chevron's Richmond refinery experienced \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/graphs/flare-emissions-charts/2019/frequency_of_flaring_2019-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a spike in flaring incidents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sulfur dioxide is a common chemical released during flaring operations, which are described by air regulators and the industry as safety techniques used to dispose of hydrocarbon gases safely. (You can learn more about refinery flaring on this air district\u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/plans-and-climate/emission-tracking-and-monitoring/flare-minimization-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> webpage\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another environmental advocate, Matt Renner, who lives in Richmond and has consistently criticized the refinery for such episodes, said the November flaring raises significant concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This plant is not being operated safely,\" Renner said. \"The fact that they admit that their own documentation is wrong and that they don't have procedures for restarting safely after an unplanned outage begs the question: If Chevron doesn't know how to operate this plant safely, who does?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Chevron representative declined to offer more specifics about the sequence of events that led to the mistaken circuitry drawings and outage but emphasized that the company has worked to reduce flaring at its refineries around the world and in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the exception of flaring that occurred in 2019 as part of overcoming the challenges of integrating $1 billion of new, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/3552/Chevron-Richmond-Refinery-Modernization-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modernized equipment\u003c/a>, Richmond has reduced the frequency and volume of flaring events over the last 10 years. We continue to focus efforts to both reduce flaring and facility down time,\" said Chevron spokeswoman Linsi Crain. [aside tag=\"chevron,air-pollution\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company told the air district that it has updated diagrams for the electrical substations involved in the outage and is working on other changes to prevent a repeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron identified and employed preventative measures to protect against this type of power loss in the future,\" Crain said. \"Similar to protections against mechanical failures, Chevron employs multiple layers of safeguards and systems to reduce human error.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Importantly, air monitoring data during the incidents in question demonstrated no exceedances above health-based standards for the chemicals monitored,\" Crain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November's flaring incident is under investigation by the air district but not by the hazardous materials program at Contra Costa County Public Health Services. Officials at the health agency did not seek a 72-hour report on the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flaring operations were not deemed to be a major chemical accident or release so the refinery is not required by county officials to perform a root-cause analysis, according to Matt Kaufmann, director of the county's hazardous materials programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November case was the second significant incident at the refinery in a matter of six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 14, in the midst of a Bay Area heat wave, Chevron had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833406/smoke-from-flaring-at-chevrons-richmond-refinery-seen-from-across-the-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">malfunction\u003c/a> tied to the weather. According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/flares/causal-reports/2020_0814_a0010_s6016_01-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">causal flare report\u003c/a> filed with the air district, after it reached 90 degrees that day, one of the facility's fire suppression systems mistakenly activated. A steam unit tripped offline, causing pressure problems that prompted the refinery to send gas to its flares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For comparison, that flaring led to the release of close to 630 pounds of sulfur dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 16, there was another malfunction at the refinery. Other than Chevron's description of a \"unit upset\" at the facility, details about that incident have not been released. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal, state and local agencies are continuing to investigate a spill from a wharf at Chevron's Richmond refinery that spread for several miles across San Francisco Bay, prompted a health advisory for nearby residents and led to the closure of a local beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman said late Wednesday that up to 750 gallons of low sulfur diesel fuel mixed with water was released from a pipeline on the Chevron Long Wharf on Tuesday. The wharf extends 4,000 feet into the bay from the refinery complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/compliance-and-enforcement/incident-reports/2021/chevron-incident-02_09_2021-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a brief incident report\u003c/a>, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District said refinery officials were alerted to a sheen on the water at 2:32 p.m. that afternoon by someone from the local community. The substance was spurting from a quarter-inch hole in the pipeline and continued leaking for as long as two and a half hours before the line was clamped shut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County officials issued a temporary advisory, warning residents of Richmond, North Richmond and San Pablo who have \"respiratory sensitivities\" to stay indoors. Health authorities lifted the advisory at 9 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Helicopter and drone video showed the sheen from the spill spread more than a mile along the Point Richmond shoreline by nightfall Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, responding agencies said the sheen was visible in the water from Point Molate to Brooks Island, a distance of about four miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFFCdzLVpM&f\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill prompted East Bay Regional Park District to close Keller Beach at Point Richmond's Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline. The beach remained closed Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Office of Spill Prevention and Response, the U.S. Coast Guard and Contra Costa County health officials are working to contain the spill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CDFW spokesman, Eric Laughlin, said crews have not yet observed any oiled wildlife. Laughlin said crews were trying to prevent oil from reaching some of the area's more ecologically sensitive sites, including at least one that houses eelgrass beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a text message Wednesday evening, Laughlin said lab analysis and technical review of the substance in the bay determined it was a mix of diesel and water, and between 500 and 750 gallons had spilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In public statements Tuesday, Chevron described the oily liquid as \"hydrocarbons.\" In its preliminary report to the state's hazardous materials spill database, the company said a \"mixture of recovered oil and gasoline\" was leaking from a pipeline on the refinery wharf at a rate of 5 gallons a minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A later statement from the \"unified command\" of Chevron and government agencies said \"the line in question is used to transport a variety of oil and products that are returned to the refinery for reprocessing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was a failure,\" said Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia, whose district includes the refinery and surrounding neighborhoods, in an interview Wednesday. \"It's extremely frustrating to see any spill into the bay. Understanding what caused this will be key to preventing this in the future.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said Chevron would most likely have to pay for the cleanup and Contra Costa County will require the company to perform a root cause analysis into the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county supervisor said the pipeline that ruptured was not under high pressure at the time it began leaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The diesel smelled bad. Though both the air district and county health authorities said ground-level monitors had picked up no elevated levels of air pollution, there were at least two public complaints about the spill's odor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia, who also sits on the board that oversees the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, said agency officials planned to brief members of the board about the spill next Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spill prompted Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, to start working on a potential proposal to increase fines for certain refinery oil releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's infuriating. We cannot tolerate a single drop of oil in our bay,\" Wicks, who represents the area of the Chevron facility, said in an interview Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After seeing the images of the spill, Wicks reached out to Gioia, other state legislators and state fish and wildlife officials. Those talks centered on ways lawmakers could deter future similar releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wicks says a future proposal would build off of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation\u003c/a> signed by the governor last year, authored by Assemblymember Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, that increased fines for oil spills in state waters. She said it could be part of a series of proposed reforms focusing on energy and climate change coming from several state lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need a holistic look at how the fossil fuel industry impacts our public health across the board. This is one piece of a larger conversation,\" Wicks said. \"I'm ready for the fight.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='refineries']San Francisco Baykeeper, which has long advocated for stronger environmental protections for the bay, says Chevron's initial efforts to control the spill were weak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron's initial response to contain the spill was pathetic,\" said Sejal Choksi-Chugh, the group's executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said spills like Tuesday's \"add life-threatening exposure to toxic pollutants\" for nearby residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The people of Richmond already carry a disproportionate environmental burden,\" Choksi-Chugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The whole area smells like a gas station. And then there's the possibility of long-term, unknown damage to the bay itself, and to all the wildlife that depend on it,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Feb. 5, 2021\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 14 years, Chevron has donated more than a million dollars to Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, according to an analysis of federal campaign finance data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The KQED-commissioned analysis, by \u003ca href=\"https://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MapLight\u003c/a>, looked into political contributions the San Ramon-based oil giant, its employees and its political action committee made between 2007 and 2020 to any of the 147 Republican U.S. senators and representatives who objected to the Electoral College count on Jan. 6 to certify Joe Biden's presidential election. On the same day, far-right, mainly white supporters of former President Trump, violently attacked and invaded the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley-based nonpartisan group, which tracks the influence of money in politics, found that Chevron, its workers and its PAC donated over $1.1 million to 97 of those GOP legislators during that time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron's political donations belie a philosophy that there's nothing wrong with the status quo of the oil industry — and that petroleum is the future of American energy,\" said Paasha Mahdavi, an assistant professor of political science at UC Santa Barbara, who specializes in energy and environmental politics, and examined Maplight's data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Paasha Mahdavi, assistant professor of political science at U.C. Santa Barbara\"]'That these same congressional leaders tacitly supported an insurrection is seemingly irrelevant to Chevron.'[/pullquote]\"That these same congressional leaders tacitly supported an insurrection is seemingly irrelevant to Chevron,\" Mahdavi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maplight's figures do not include contributions Chevron has made to industry groups like the American Petroleum Institute and Western States Petroleum Association, which lobby for the interests of the oil industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its analysis found that some of the company's largest donation totals to members of Congress in the last 15 years went to some of Trump's strongest allies, including two of his closest California supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron gave $106,000 to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, who hails from Kern County, home to a network of Chevron oil drilling sites, and $58,000 to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not surprising to see a large oil company donating to Republicans, many of whom have brushed off climate change and advocated for the petroleum industry, but Chevron is in a league of its own compared to other major oil producers, according to Mahdavi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron carries the most anti-climate rhetoric and public-facing platform when it comes to domestic environmental policies\" Mahdavi said. \"The company has routinely denied the core tenets of climate science and rejects the notion of a future without fossil fuels.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement to KQED following the publication of this story, Chevron representative Sean Comey claimed that characterization is inaccurate, saying, \"Chevron believes the future of energy is lower carbon. We are working to help achieve that goal by reducing our carbon intensity, increasing renewables and offsets, and investing in low-carbon technologies. We recognize the findings of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that the use of fossil fuels contributes to increases in global temperatures. We support the Paris Agreement and well-designed climate change and energy policy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, executives for several large U.S. corporations have said they would either halt or review political donations to lawmakers who voted to overturn the election after the violent mob attacked the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an earlier statement, Comey said the company is looking into the issue:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We continue our practice of regularly reviewing our policies, procedures and expenditures for political activities, including political contributions,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Recent events will be part of our review process. Chevron supports political candidates that take positions on a range of topics,\" Comey said. \"We are not always aligned with all their views, but it is important for us to be part of discussions on important issues, including respect for the rule of law and well-designed climate change and energy policy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahdavi says that if Chevron does not change its political donations, it would send a clear message to members of Congress, that \"we [Chevron] don't care what you stand for as long as you support unabated oil and gas development with little concern to climate change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, the political tides in Washington are changing. Several days ago President Biden\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/27/960941799/biden-to-pause-oil-and-gas-leasing-on-public-lands-and-waters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> signed an executive order\u003c/a> to start halting new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters. That effort to slow the nation's contribution to climate change is bound to face opposition from Chevron.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The international energy corporation — one of the largest companies in the country with close to 50,000 employees — says it gave $15 million to political candidates and state ballot measure campaigns in the United States and Australia in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our objective is to support political candidates, organizations and measures that aligned with Chevron's business interests,\" the company says on its \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/sustainability/governance/political-contributions#politicalcontributions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website\u003c/a>. 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In recent years it's come under scrutiny from state regulators and increased criticism from environmentalists and lawmakers for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11770259/environmentalists-blast-chevron-state-regulators-over-kern-county-oil-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series of large oil spills\u003c/a> in Kern County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron has significant operations in the rest of the country as well, with crude oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico, Pennsylvania and Texas, and additional refineries in Utah, Mississippi and Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also has operations in two dozen countries and says each year it produces enough oil to fuel 10 million cars and enough natural gas to light 12 million households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, Chevron \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/investors/press-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported\u003c/a> a loss of $665 million in its fourth quarter, showing how the pandemic has hurt the oil industry's bottom line. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the top executives at Chevron and Exxon Mobil had spoken last year about a \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/exxon-chevron-ceos-discussed-merger-11612126203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">potential merger\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to reflect a an additional statement from Chevron on its climate policies.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Chevron, one of the largest energy companies on the planet, has agreed to pay less than $150,000 to settle more than two dozen violations at its Richmond refinery over a two-year period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement with local air regulators includes one penalty, an odor nuisance, tied to an incident that sent toxic gas into the air that's believed to have traveled miles away to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality Management District \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/communications-and-outreach/publications/news-releases/2020/2020_084_chevron_settlement_122028_pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> Monday that Chevron settled 29 violations associated with the refinery between 2016 and 2018. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:20 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State regulators announced Tuesday they’re imposing a moratorium on new permits for an oil extraction method that has been linked to what California’s top conservation official is calling “a crisis of oil leaks” — a series of uncontrolled crude petroleum releases from Chevron wells in Kern County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources announced Tuesday it won’t issue new permits for the technique, which uses high-pressure steam to release oil trapped in underground rock formations. Meantime, the agency announced, experts from Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories will study conditions in the part of Kern County’s Cymric oil field where massive amounts of crude petroleum and oily water have flowed to the surface \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11769850/state-launches-probe-into-oil-field-spills-including-one-that-started-in-2003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">since 2003\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11760192,news_11762422,news_11777971\" label=\"Chevron's Out-of-Control Oil Field\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The releases, which regulators and the industry call “surface expressions,” gained widespread attention after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11760192/chevron-well-has-leaked-a-quarter-million-gallons-of-oil-in-central-valley-since-may\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KQED reported\u003c/a> a series of large, uncontrolled flows around Chevron wells that began in May and continue today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wade Crowfoot, the state’s secretary of Natural Resources, described conditions in the Cymric field as a “crisis of oil leaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve experienced a spate of unpredicted, uncontrolled oil leaks this spring and summer,” Crowfoot said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DOGGR, part of the California Department of Conservation, also announced it will refer dozens of pending oil company applications for hydraulic fracturing and other “well stimulation” methods to the Lawrence Livermore lab for third-party scientific review to ensure that they meet state safety and environmental standards. At the same time, DOGGR is asking a state audit agency to review its current permitting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department also disclosed it’s launching a series of workshops to begin the process of writing new rules designed to protect communities and residents who live near oil and natural gas production sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the initiatives are part of California’s effort to achieve its ambitious climate change and energy goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>‘Necessary Steps’\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>“These are necessary steps to strengthen oversight of oil and gas extraction as we phase out our dependence on fossil fuels and focus on clean energy sources,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since May, large volumes of oil have alternately gushed or seeped out of the ground at the site of several high-pressure steam injection wells run by San Ramon-based Chevron in the Cymric field. The leak site is in the Temblor Range foothills 35 miles west of Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11760192/chevron-well-has-leaked-a-quarter-million-gallons-of-oil-in-central-valley-since-may\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first\u003c/a> in a series of major above-ground flows in the field continued from May through the beginning of August and prompted a major cleanup effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11770259/environmentalists-blast-chevron-state-regulators-over-kern-county-oil-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmentalists\u003c/a> have called on the Newsom administration to be more aggressive in regulating the surface expressions, and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11762169/key-state-lawmakers-to-call-for-hearings-into-chevron-oil-spill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> state lawmakers have scheduled\u003c/a> a joint Assembly-Senate hearing into the incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of California Natural Resources Agency\"]‘These surface expressions are illegal and cannot simply be the cost of doing business. Our focus is eliminating them.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New regulations that went into effect in April ban surface expressions, which have been part of the steam injection work for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11769850/state-launches-probe-into-oil-field-spills-including-one-that-started-in-2003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one series of leaks\u003c/a>, which began in 2003 and are collectively referred to by Chevron and regulators as GS-5, has led to the release of tens of millions of gallons of oil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last several months DOGGR issued notices of violation to Chevron for GS-5 and the 2019 leaks and imposed orders to reduce steaming operations near the seeps. In one case, the division slapped Chevron with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11777971/top-state-lawmakers-question-chevron-oil-spill-fine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$2.7 million fine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>‘It Might Be a Really Long Pause’\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>But the seeps continue, with Chevron reporting two new uncontrolled flows in the last 12 days. (The new incidents are recorded in a state database \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/2b9465fa02c82bf5882584b700025d8b?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/1f404c7304aeb7ec882584b3000040db?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These surface expressions are illegal and cannot simply be the cost of doing business. Our focus is eliminating them,” Crowfoot said, describing the moratorium on high-pressure steam injection permits as “a pause.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It might be a really long pause,” Crowfoot said, which could lead to a ban of the practice in some areas. “There are other means of oil extraction that if they (the oil industry) choose to do, might cost them more but would be with less … risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason Marshall, the acting head of DOGGR, said in an interview that Chevron is improving its handling of the leaks in the Cymric Oil Field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re getting a better handle on what’s going on out there,” Marshall said. “I think they had some production practices that they were just wash, rinse repeat. … (Now) we’re seeing a higher level of participation by some of the reservoir engineers rather than just production engineers — people who know more about the geology getting involved rather than just people who know how to construct wells.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron has repeatedly emphasized that its goal is to prevent the leaks and that it continues to work with regulators to address them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says that recent surface expressions may be the result of its work to stop the GS-5 release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are committed to managing the field and reporting events as required. Safety is our top priority and we will continue to conduct activities to comply with agency requirements, while protecting people and the environment,” Chevron said in a statement last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes announced Tuesday by DOGGR affect only new applications for high-pressure steam extraction work, not existing wells that use the technique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both state regulators and Chevron officials have expressed concern that halting ongoing steam work could lead to subsidence in the Cymric field. That, in turn, could damage existing wells and lead to even bigger problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could start seeing well failures,” Marshall said. “You could cause surface expressions by doing that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, Newsom fired DOGGR Director Ken Harris and named Marshall as the agency’s acting chief. The moves came after the governor learned of a dramatic increase in permits granted for fracking and allegations that some senior officials in the division had stock in the companies they regulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer advocacy and environmental groups who exposed those issues have called on Newsom to impose a moratorium on permits for fracking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DOGGR, which will be renamed the Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) next year, is not going that far. But it has requested an independent audit by the Department of Finance of its permitting process for fracking and steam injection jobs. That audit, which is expected to take several months, would be made public, according to Crowfoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Earlier this summer concerns were raised about the permitting process, particularly for fracking. What we want to do is ensure public confidence in the process and frankly strengthen the process if there are ways we can do that,” Crowfoot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that audit takes place, all fracking and steam injection permits — known as project approval letters and which typically cover multiple wells — will be reviewed by experts at Lawrence Livermore Lab. State officials say the division usually OKs about two dozen of the approval letters annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The division also plans to create new rules aimed at protecting the health and safety of people who live near oil and gas extraction sites. This could include barring the work near homes, schools and hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials plan to conduct a series of workshops in the coming weeks aimed at developing those new rules, which could go into effect in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>‘Turning of Tide’?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Environmental and community activists responded positively to Tuesday’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center for Biological Diversity, which has been a harsh critic of state oil and gas regulators, praised Gov. Newsom for taking a “historic” step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kassie Siegel, director of the center’s Climate Law Institute, said in a statement: “This marks the turning of the tide against the oil industry, which has been allowed to drill at will in our state for more than 150 years. This is the kind of leadership necessary to make California the first major oil-producing state to phase out extraction and protect people and our planet from dirty fossil fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gustavo Aguirre Jr., of the Central California Environmental Justice Network, said the group supports the moratorium on high-pressure steam injection — a method he said raises a host of air- and water-quality issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no other way to tackle this than to have the state start moving away from permitting these practices that use so much water and create at least 10 times the amount of wastewater they use,” Aguirre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that his organization and its partners hope to see the state’s process result in new rules for safety zones around oil and gas production facilities. A coalition called VISION — Voices in Solidarity Against Oil in Neighborhoods — is advocating for a 2,500-foot buffer between oil and gas infrastructure and homes and schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reforms prompted criticism from the oil industry and one of the top Republicans in the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s environmental regulations already lead the world, and the further study of the best science and real data about production practices in our state will only reconfirm that leadership,” said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is disappointing that the state would pursue additional studies when multiple state agencies already validate our protection of health, safety and the environment during production. These agencies should also consider reliability, affordability and resilience of our energy supply, as every barrel delayed or not produced in this state will only increase imports from more costly foreign sources that do not share our environmental and safety standards,” Reheis-Boyd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove of Bakersfield also emphasized the changes would lead to a growing reliance on foreign sources of fuel and a major hit to the economy for the region she represents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s thirst for oil will not reduce a single barrel by this policy, but as a result we will import more foreign oil and export California’s cash,” Grove said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>“The Democrats and the governor’s ideological policies will fail to protect our environment and not benefit our economy,” Grove said. “Furthermore, the bulk of Kern County’s new oil production will be severely impacted by this policy. If those producers cannot confidently invest in this area, then they will invest elsewhere.”\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that audit takes place, all fracking and steam injection permits — known as project approval letters and which typically cover multiple wells — will be reviewed by experts at Lawrence Livermore Lab. State officials say the division usually OKs about two dozen of the approval letters annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The division also plans to create new rules aimed at protecting the health and safety of people who live near oil and gas extraction sites. This could include barring the work near homes, schools and hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials plan to conduct a series of workshops in the coming weeks aimed at developing those new rules, which could go into effect in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>‘Turning of Tide’?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Environmental and community activists responded positively to Tuesday’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center for Biological Diversity, which has been a harsh critic of state oil and gas regulators, praised Gov. Newsom for taking a “historic” step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kassie Siegel, director of the center’s Climate Law Institute, said in a statement: “This marks the turning of the tide against the oil industry, which has been allowed to drill at will in our state for more than 150 years. This is the kind of leadership necessary to make California the first major oil-producing state to phase out extraction and protect people and our planet from dirty fossil fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gustavo Aguirre Jr., of the Central California Environmental Justice Network, said the group supports the moratorium on high-pressure steam injection — a method he said raises a host of air- and water-quality issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no other way to tackle this than to have the state start moving away from permitting these practices that use so much water and create at least 10 times the amount of wastewater they use,” Aguirre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that his organization and its partners hope to see the state’s process result in new rules for safety zones around oil and gas production facilities. A coalition called VISION — Voices in Solidarity Against Oil in Neighborhoods — is advocating for a 2,500-foot buffer between oil and gas infrastructure and homes and schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reforms prompted criticism from the oil industry and one of the top Republicans in the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s environmental regulations already lead the world, and the further study of the best science and real data about production practices in our state will only reconfirm that leadership,” said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is disappointing that the state would pursue additional studies when multiple state agencies already validate our protection of health, safety and the environment during production. These agencies should also consider reliability, affordability and resilience of our energy supply, as every barrel delayed or not produced in this state will only increase imports from more costly foreign sources that do not share our environmental and safety standards,” Reheis-Boyd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove of Bakersfield also emphasized the changes would lead to a growing reliance on foreign sources of fuel and a major hit to the economy for the region she represents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s thirst for oil will not reduce a single barrel by this policy, but as a result we will import more foreign oil and export California’s cash,” Grove said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>“The Democrats and the governor’s ideological policies will fail to protect our environment and not benefit our economy,” Grove said. “Furthermore, the bulk of Kern County’s new oil production will be severely impacted by this policy. If those producers cannot confidently invest in this area, then they will invest elsewhere.”\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Thousands of gallons of crude petroleum began spouting out of the ground near a part of Chevron's steam injection well network in a Kern County oil field over the weekend, prompting a new cleanup effort and state response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two new spills, one of which covered the length of two football fields, are in the northwestern portion of the Cymric Oil Field, in the same area where a \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/01c634326454a660882584930083b750?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">larger uncontrolled release\u003c/a> of 234,000 gallons of oil has taken place since August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11780126\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1715px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11780126\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Oct.-14-2019-Cymric-surface-expressions-map-with-dates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1715\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Oct.-14-2019-Cymric-surface-expressions-map-with-dates.jpg 1715w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Oct.-14-2019-Cymric-surface-expressions-map-with-dates-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Oct.-14-2019-Cymric-surface-expressions-map-with-dates-800x554.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Oct.-14-2019-Cymric-surface-expressions-map-with-dates-1020x707.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Oct.-14-2019-Cymric-surface-expressions-map-with-dates-1200x831.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1715px) 100vw, 1715px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing a series of uncontrolled oil releases in the 36W section of the Cymric Oil Field. \u003ccite>(Department of Conservation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \"seep\" in an area of the field called 36W began leaking a small amount of oil on Oct. 12 but has now stopped, according to Chevron and state officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early the next morning, a larger release in the same area began sending crude petroleum and water into a dry stream bed and land nearby. The company said late Monday that close to 10,000 gallons of oil has been released from the \u003ca href=\"https://w3.calema.ca.gov/operational/malhaz.nsf/f1841a103c102734882563e200760c4a/1b329a5325e473cf882584940001f564?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second spill\u003c/a>, prompting crews to bring in vacuum trucks and begin cleanup work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That second release was initially described as \"very active\" with high energy steam and fluid, according to Teresa Schilling, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Conservation, which oversees the state's Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two spill locations are 340 feet apart, Schilling said, adding that there are no active wells or cyclic steam work near the new surface expressions, a term used by state regulators and industry officials to describe the oil releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron said its work to stop a much larger and longer-term release, that's located close to 2,400 feet away, may be causing the new seeps, according to company spokeswoman Veronica Flores-Paniagua. That spill, known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11769850/state-launches-probe-into-oil-field-spills-including-one-that-started-in-2003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GS-5 seep\u003c/a>, has released tens of millions of gallons of oil since 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron is currently executing a plan designed to stop the GS-5 seep by reducing the amount of steam being injected into the reservoir and balancing fluid withdrawal,\" Flores-Paniagua said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This continues to alter the distribution of energy in the reservoir and may lead to reactivation or new flow locations in the near term,\" she said, adding that the company's \"operational goal\" is to prevent the releases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11778272,news_11769850,news_11766115\" label=\"Related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) has sent crews to each of the new oil releases, according to Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Eric Laughlin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are still out there overseeing cleanup of the two areas,\" Laughlin said, adding that the oil had spread approximately 700 feet into the nearby stream bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it has for other oil releases in the field, Chevron is restricting access to the spill site, installing lights and a propane cannon to keep wildlife away, according to Schilling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists who've followed Chevron's problems in the Cymric Oil Field said the weekend spills raised a new round of concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We can clearly see the issues in this region with practices such as steam flooding and injection to extract crude is a growing problem,\" said Gustavo Aguirre Jr., a Bakersfield project coordinator with the Central California Environmental Justice Network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The question is for how much longer will we continue to dam off these stream beds from oil spills as the rain season is upon us? This is creeping into a disaster that we need to control right away,\" Aguirre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollin Kretzmann, an Oakland-based attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, laid blame on DOGGR and called on Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration to revoke Chevron's oil permits, close down the company's wells and move away from fossil fuel production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These spills keep happening in California because our regulators haven't gotten tough with the oil industry,\" Kretzmann said. \"Relatively meager fines won't stop some of the world's richest companies from making big money while contaminating our state's air and water.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new spills began shortly after Chevron appealed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11778272/a-fine-fine-for-chevron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$2.7 million fine\u003c/a> issued by DOGGR in connection with a separate spill of close to 450,000 gallons of crude into a stream bed that took place between May and July in the same oil field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, OSPR announced that the \u003ca href=\"https://calspillwatch.wordpress.com/tag/cymric-oil-field-incident/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">months-long cleanup work\u003c/a> associated with that spill, in an area known as 1Y, was complete. 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