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The oil well first showed signs of activity in August, when residents of a home on Marcus Avenue reported oil seeping from their foundation.
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
Other possible causes include contact with hazardous substances such as smoke from oil well fires, pesticides, depleted uranium, and solvents or corrosive liquids used during equipment repair and maintenance.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In recent years, lawmakers, environmentalists, consumer advocates and California’s former top insurance regulator have pressed insurers to divest from fossil fuel companies and phase out writing coverage for oil wells, coal mines and other extraction projects.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
The driller responsible for it, Patton Exploration, solicited companies to extend a pipeline to the oil well to capture the gas and evaluated whether the gas could be used to mine bitcoin.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
Other possible causes include contact with hazardous substances such as smoke from oil well fires, pesticides, depleted uranium, and solvents or corrosive liquids used during equipment repair and maintenance.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
In recent years, lawmakers, environmentalists, consumer advocates and California’s former top insurance regulator have pressed insurers to divest from fossil fuel companies and phase out writing coverage for oil wells, coal mines and other extraction projects.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
The driller responsible for it, Patton Exploration, solicited companies to extend a pipeline to the oil well to capture the gas and evaluated whether the gas could be used to mine bitcoin.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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