West Virginia has hundreds of abandoned oil and gas wells that aren’t properly plugged – but the state is doing fewer inspections and issuing fewer notices of violations to operators, according to a ...

Diversified Energy (NYSE:DEC) said Thursday it is teaming up with the state of West Virginia to establish the first financial assurance fund in the U.S. dedicated to retiring oil and gas wells, ...

Diversified Energy is rolling out a $70 million plan to help plug abandoned wells, but critics say it’s not enough. The biggest owner of U.S. oil and gas wells said Thursday it will create a $70 ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The director of the state’s Energy Office says two announcements in the last two weeks about a pair of natural gas plants to be built in West Virginia should not be overlooked.