article_snippet.sent: Residents of Ansai, in Shaanxi Province, central China, said Residents of Ansai, in Shaanxi Province, central China could smell gas and petrol coming from a new well, and blame a leak from a local petrol station, The People's Daily Online reports.
article_snippet.sent: Locals said Locals could smell  petrol when some fresh drinking water surfaced, and blame the pollution on a leak from a local gas petrol station, a claim which the owner denies .
article_snippet.sent: However, when Chinese officials investigated, Chinese officials said Chinese officials could find no trace of a spillage, leading some people to theorise that Villagers in Ansai, Shaanxi Province could have struck oil.
article_snippet.sent: However this is highly unlikely, as oil deposits only occur between 750 and 4,500m underground, and the well is only 46m deep.
article_snippet.sent: Tuo Zhijun, a villager in Ansai, said: 'Who knew when Tuo Zhijun, a villager in Ansai turned on the pump, once some fresh drinking water was seeping through, everyone could smell gas and see oil slick.'
article_snippet.sent: Some locals have suggested that the lucky villager may have struck oil, but this is highly unlikely, as oil deposits typically occur between 750 and 4,5000m underground, and the well is only 46m deep .
article_snippet.sent: We suspect that there was an oil leak from a petrol station not far from here.
article_snippet.sent: However, Li Jianhua, the manager of the petrol station, refuted these claims, saying: ‘The authorities have already examined the place and nothing was wrong. '
article_snippet.sent: There has not been any problems with the well in the petrol station either.'
highlights_snippet.sent: But when Villagers in Ansai, central China pumped water to surface Villagers in Ansai, central China said Villagers in Ansai, central China could smell petrol .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Blamed leak at local petrol station, but owner has denied owner is to blame .