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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Nathan Solis

California serves warrant on South LA oil drilling facility for overdue site inspection

LOS ANGELES — California regulators said they had been trying to arrange a site inspection of a problem-plagued oil drilling site in South Los Angeles for months, to no avail.

On Monday, they dropped the niceties and arrived at the Allenco Energy facility armed with an inspection warrant, a locksmith and bolt-cutters.

The facility has had a troubled history since Allenco first leased it in 2009 from the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

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