State regulators are pushing to plug three oil wells in southern Arkansas that were owned and run by a company that can no longer be located. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission wants to plug the ...

New Mexico is rich in oil and gas. With that wealth comes a mess—literally. The state is home to more than 60,000 wells that will eventually need to be plugged to prevent methane leaks, groundwater ...

Dan Arthur, the president and chief engineer of ALL Consulting, stands beside a defunct oil well in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma on March 20, 2024. The well has not been used for years — ...

Researchers at Iowa State University have discovered a unique and environmentally friendly solution of utilizing crop waste to seal abandoned oil wells and capture carbon by permanently sequestering ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection knows there are hundreds of abandoned and potentially-hazardous gas/oil wells scattered throughout the Erie region and tens of thousands ...

Arkansas regulators declared 25 oil and gas wells as abandoned on Tuesday, after concluding the wells were either no longer productive or the owners hadn't paid the required state fees to keep them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection knows there are hundreds of abandoned and potentially-hazardous gas/oil ...