Maria Burns watched with satisfaction as a three-story-high drilling rig made a racket in her front yard. Normally, the loudest thing on this residential street in Ashland, Ohio, would be the barking ...
The billions of dollars approved by Congress to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells have been frozen as part of President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to government spending, creating concerns that ...
An abandoned wellhead in the oil field. Legislative analysts predict New Mexico will have to spend hundreds of millions to address 'orphan' wells. (Getty Images) New Mexico could face ballooning costs ...
A bill that aims to address growing numbers of uncapped oil and gas wells is expected to become law after clearing the Texas Legislature on Monday. Senate Bill 1150, authored by state Sen. Mayes ...
When it comes to environmental responsibility, New Mexico’s oil and gas industry is not just stepping up — we’re leading the way. In recent years, oil and gas operators plugged over 90% of the wells ...
Oil workers pull tubing from an orphan well in a field in Luling on March 27, 2025. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune LULING — Just six minutes from 5,700-person town’s historic city center, ...
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 ...
A knee-high pipe sticking out of the ground not far from a school. A gurgle in a pond on rolling farmland. A patch of forest undergrowth hiding a long-forgotten, leaking oil well. Relics like these ...
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