洛杉矶县的一家油田业主起诉加州政府，反对一项要求其停止生产并封堵油井的法案。该法案于9月由州长加文·纽瑟姆签署，旨在减少污染，赋予地方政府更多权力限制石油和天然气作业，包括关闭闲置油井和对低产油井进行罚款。油田业主认为该法案违宪，强制罚款违反联邦和州法律，并称罚款与实际损害不成比例。加州议员艾萨克·布莱恩则表示将维护该法案，保护当地社区的健康和生活环境。

🤔洛杉矶县的Sentinel Peak油田业主起诉加州政府，认为一项要求停止生产并封堵油井的新法案违宪。

📅该法案于9月由州长加文·纽瑟姆签署，旨在减少污染，赋予地方政府更多权力限制石油和天然气作业，包括关闭闲置油井和对低产油井进行罚款。

📍位于洛杉矶市中心西南部的Inglewood油田，占地1000英亩，拥有约820口未封堵的油井，其中420口正在开采。约80%的运营油井被认为是低产油井，即每天产量少于15桶石油或60,000立方英尺天然气。

⚠️油田业主认为强制罚款违反了联邦和州法律，并称罚款与实际损害不成比例，没有上限。

💪加州议员艾萨克·布莱恩表示将维护该法案，保护当地社区的健康和生活环境，认为危险的油井不应该靠近社区。

The owner of an oil field in Los Angeles County is suing the state of California over a law that will require it to stop production and plug its wells or face costly fines.Inglewood Oil Field owner Sentinel Peak argues in the lawsuit, filed this week, that the law, which was signed in September by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is unconstitutional, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.It is was one of several laws aiming to reduce pollution by giving local governments more authority to restrict oil and gas operations by shutting down so-called idle wells, which are not in use but have not been properly sealed and closed, and fining companies for operating low-producing oil wells in the Inglewood field.The 1,000-acre area southwest of downtown Los Angeles has approximately 820 unplugged wells, including 420 that are actively pumping. Roughly 80% of the operating wells are considered low-producing, meaning they yield less than 15 barrels of oil or 60,000 cubic feet of gas per day, the newspaper reported.Attorneys for Sentinel Peak argue that the law “represents an illegal attempt to coerce an individual company to stop operation of its legal business,” according to court documents. They allege that mandatory fines, in particular, violate federal and state laws forbidding excessive fines.The suit calls the penalties “grossly” disproportionate, with “no apparent upper limit” or “relationship to any actual harm.”The California Department of Conservation’s Geological Energy Management Division, the state oil and gas regulator, declined to comment on the lawsuit.But Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, a Democrat who represents the area where the oil field is located and who authored the law, vowed to defend it.“Our community has stood strong for decades to close this dangerous low-producing oil field, and we will stand strong in court to protect those frontline communities who have long deserved the right to live a full and healthy life,” Bryan told the Times. “The people of California spoke through their legislature that dangerous oil wells have no business right next to the community.”How many degrees of separation are you from the globe's most powerful business leaders? Explore who made our brand-new list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business. Plus, learn about the metrics we used to make it.