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Oil coming out of the ground
UnresolvedDate
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Time
5:15 PM
Category
Other
Description
It smells like crude oil and it was causing a tingling sensation at my nose even when I was upwind. The path of what seems to be fugitive oil from a broken pipe underground is being blocked by a Lowe's bucket filled with 16 oz water bottles
I've taken flir footage. No large scale emissions found with OGI camera. There was small off-gassing that was observed, winds did not allow for vapors to be visualized properly. Control footage was taken by aiming the camera at the black asphalt to make sure the fumes that were being detected by the flir were not heat from the ground. Such heat did not imitate from the black asphalt, only the oil.
Was there a smell?
Other — Crude oil
How was the action completed?
Other — Coming out of the ground
Did you feel any symptoms associated with what you witnessed? If so, please describe your symptoms.
Some
Address
1200 Discovery Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93309, USA




