Texas has a serious problem with orphaned wells and while the state might not have a plan the federal government does. The Department of the Interior has announced that Texas will receive over $343 million to cap orphan wells. ...
The methane that is quietly oozing from abandoned oil and gas wells in the United States is invisible and odorless—yet it has the ability to wreak havoc on the climate in a major way. Compared to CO2, methane is a much more potent climate gas. It exhibits 25-80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in addition to acting faster....
Pennsylvania is set to get an influx of federal infrastructure money to plug abandoned oil and gas wells. The commonwealth is eligible for $104 million from the new program in its first phase, more than any other state except Texas....
The bipartisan federal infrastructure law appropriated $58.6 million to cap more than 5,400 oil and gas wells in Kansas that have been abandoned by owners and threaten water supplies or pose other environmental hazards....
SHELBY, Mt. — A veteran of the oil industry, Curtis Shuck is on a new path these days: cleaning up the mess left behind by orphaned wells....
The U.S. Department of Interior will provide Kentucky with nearly $104 million to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells, U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced on Wednesday....
Oklahoma will receive about $78 million out of more than $1.1 billion President Biden says will be used to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells nationwide—wells that are a source of methane emissions. ...
The federal government is sending Louisiana 111-million dollars to plug and restore abandoned oil and gas wells. The money comes from the one-trillion dollar infrastructure bill and the first allocation is for 47-million dollars. Senator Bill Cassidy says he’s heard from communities across Louisiana about the environmental and safety hazards of orphan wells....
New Mexico will receive $43.7 million in federal infrastructure money to clean up abandoned oil wells as part of an initial $1.15 billion in funding for the nationwide effort to remove these sources of air and groundwater pollution....
Texas has a serious problem with orphaned wells and while the state might not have a plan the federal government does. The Department of the Interior has announced that Texas will receive over $343 million to cap orphan wells. ...