Aging and abandoned oil wells in West Texas are causing significant environmental damage, public health risks, and financial ...

According to a recent report, Oklahoma is grappling with an expensive issue caused by tens of thousands of abandoned oil and ...

The sinkhole, which is so wide and deep that it could comfortably contain a four-story building, is feared to still be ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro visited an abandoned gas well site in Washington County Wednesday to commemorate the state’s efforts in plugging its 300th abandoned or orphaned well.

An abandoned century-old oil well has wreaked havoc on a remote Texas ... and created a connection between the oil reservoir and the water table - severely contaminating the Kelton family's ...

Firefighters hoisted an injured utility worker to safety after he plummeted roughly 40 feet down an abandoned well in the yard of a Hesperia home on Monday morning, authorities said. The mishap ...

State Plugging Program, a program to save abandoned oil and gas wells across the state from environmental disaster, is ...

became alarmed recently as a sinkhole around the well rapidly grew. Water pooled in the bottom of the sinkhole. Then crude oil began migrating up from underground and formed a dark layer over the ...

A large source of Colorado’s water pollution is abandoned mine waste, which Salidan Jason Willis, director of Trout Unlimited ...