Kansas grapples with growing number of abandoned wells
Kansas residents and environmentalists are calling on oil and gas regulators to address the growing number of abandoned wells over the past five years....
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Literally Millions Of Failing, Abandoned Wells
In California’s Central Valley and along the South Coast, there are many communities littered with abandoned oil and gas wells, buried underground....
Ohio gains ground on a hidden hazard: More than a century’s worth of abandoned oil and gas wells
Having the smell of rotten eggs permeate the halls and classrooms of your school is pretty gross, but when you have to evacuate because the building is filling with methane, a flammable gas, it’s downright scary. ...
State reaches $7M agreement over 1,400 abandoned oil and gas wells
Alabama company has until 2033 to plug wells or put them back into production. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced it reached an agreement with an Alabama company over the costs of plugging 1,400 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells in the state....
Explosions from unregulated pipelines can kill in Texas while energy companies go unpunished
People can die when small rural pipelines called "gathering lines" explode. But after decades of talk among industry representatives and regulators, the death of a little girl in Texas serves as a reminder that there are still no rules....
Abandoned oil wells hidden under thousands of local properties
PITTSBURGH — There's a hidden danger under thousands of properties in Pennsylvania: abandoned oil wells....
State orders companies to plug more than 1,000 abandoned oil, gas wells
State environmental officials have ordered three companies to plug more than 1,000 abandoned oil and gas wells....
Uncapped, abandoned gas line caused Firestone home explosion
An abandoned, severed gas line that was still connected to a nearby oil and gas well was at the root of a deadly home explosion in Firestone on April 17, investigators announced Tuesday afternoon....
Pennsylvania has more abandoned wells than expected, says new study
Pennsylvania has more abandoned oil and gas wells than previously thought, and some are leaking large amounts of climate-damaging methane gas, according to a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Perilous Pathways: The danger of drilling near abandoned wells
There are probably around 200,000 abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania. We know where just a slim fraction – probably four percent – of these wells are....