That makes a lot more sense than did the atop one of the nation's largest natural gas fields given the presence of mercaptan, which I generally think of as an additive.
I saw where they plugged this well today. Now, let the lawsuits begin. The article from the LA Times said they would be sued for letting out vast quantities of methane into the atmosphere. Climate change nazis are alive and well in California. The fruitcakes want them to abandon the storage field and go green.