The Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining (OGM) secured a $5 million federal grant on Tuesday to accelerate its Orphan Well ...

Drilling for oil and gas has a long history in the U.S., dating all the way back to 1859 when the first successful commercial oil well — the Drake Well — was drilled in northwestern Pennsylvania. This ...

The agency under-counted abandoned wells by more than half, which means the effort covers only a fraction of the cost. In January, the Department of the Interior stated what many have suspected: there ...

WELL, MIKE SHANNON, A CONTRACTOR, IS AT WORK PLUGGING IN ABANDONED GAS. WELL, THERE’S ACTUALLY BENEATH THE DRIVEWAY OF THIS HOME IN EMSWORTH FOR DECADES, IT WAS COVERED BY NOTHING MORE THAN A FRYING ...

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania has hundreds of thousands of orphan and abandoned gas and oil wells scattered across the state. More state and federal money has been dedicated to cleaning them up, ...

The Pennsylvania governor has been focused on filling abandoned wells, burnishing his green credentials as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to pick a running mate. CLARION COUNTY, Pennsylvania — ...

In 1927, during the prolonged drought that spanned from the early 1920s to the late 1930s in the midst of Montana’s oil boom, a small outfit named L.W. Hill drilled a 900-foot well into the dusty ...

This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters. CLEVELAND, Ohio — For years, the smell of gas wafting through the grounds of the Franciscan ...

Because plugging conventional wells can be difficult, when unexpected complications arise, companies often decide it’s more cost-effective for them to abandon the well, leaving it improperly plugged ...

As conversations about orphaned and leaking wells continue, it's important for Texans to know the facts. Addressing orphaned wells is a top priority for the Railroad Commission of Texas. The vast ...