GOVERNOR, MARKED OFF NUMBER 300. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ABANDONED OR ORPHANED GAS WELLS ACROSS THE STATE. SOME ARE MAPPED OUT, BUT OTHERS LOCATIONS ARE STILL UNKNOWN. THIS ONE, NOW MARKING ...

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 ...

Liquid loading in gas wells is a critical challenge that arises when the upward transport of liquids is insufficient to overcome gravitational forces during hydrocarbon production. As wells mature and ...

WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley this week launched a new grant program aimed at plugging orphaned oil ...

Abandoned oil and gas wells have been a problem in West Virginia for more than a century. Lawmakers did the right thing during the most recent regular session by passing House Bill 3336, which allows ...

FILE – Oil well workers prepare to plug an orphaned well on the Rooke family ranch, May 18, 2021, near Refugio, Texas. Abandoned or "orphaned" oil and gas wells can present a significant environmental ...