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Crews Begin 24/7 Emergency Repair Work on Abandoned Oil Well in Newport Beach After Gas Leak

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Police are warning residents to expect noise around the clock for the next 10 days after a 1920s-era abandoned well began leaking oil and methane.

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Workers work day and night to repair an oil and gas methane leak in a 1920s abandoned oil well in a Newport Beach neighborhood

Newport Beach work teams are conducting an uninterrupted drilling operation to repair an abandoned oil well from the 1920s that leaked methane and oil into a house on the Balboa Peninsula. “The state of California and the city of Newport Beach are initiating the emergency remediation of an abandoned oil well from the 1920s near the intersection of Marcus Avenue and 36th Street,” announced the Newport Beach Police Department on Saturday in X. “A …

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NBC LA broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday, December 7, 2025.
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