We found abandoned oil and gas wells were leaking methane into groundwater," study author Samuel Shaheen told Newsweek.

The number of abandoned oil and gas wells in North Dakota has grown 10% over the past two years to more than 700 amid low oil prices, and state regulators are considering new rules to try to keep the ...

Marine Life Still Feeling the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Years Later ...

State regulators are pushing to plug three oil wells in southern Arkansas that were owned and run by a company that can no longer be located. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission wants to plug the ...

Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.

A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the 1970s. The property owners and visitors stand on the edge of the sinkhole's far side. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside ...

Researchers at Iowa State University have discovered a unique and environmentally friendly solution of utilizing crop waste to seal abandoned oil wells and capture carbon by permanently sequestering ...

KANSAS (KSNT) – The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) State Plugging Program, a program to save abandoned oil and gas wells across the state from environmental disaster, is waiting for $33.6 million ...

Converting Southern California oil wells into commercial projects is a real estate gusher, but comes with enhanced risk.