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Angola discovers offshore gas in first gas-specific exploration well
Azule Energy, a partnership between BP and Eni in Angola, discovered gas in its first gas-specific exploration well off the country's shores, the national oil and gas agency ANGP said late on Friday.
When old oil wells become 'orphans,' that's a problem
All across the U.S., there are aging oil and natural gas wells no longer in use.A lot of them don't have anyone on the hook to seal them up. Some estimate over a million such "orphan wells" still ...
Chevron says offshore well start-up caused Mars crude quality issues
The start-up of an offshore well caused zinc contamination in Mars crude, Chevron said on Friday, leading to the tightening ...
Work to identify abandoned oil and gas wells in Allegheny, Washington counties to begin this summer
The Environmental Defense Fund estimates there are somewhere between 300,000 and 700,000 undocumented, abandoned oil and gas ...
U.S. drilling rigs drop for 11th straight week in Baker Hughes survey
The number of total oil and gas drilling rigs in the US fell by 2 to 537, the lowest total since October 2021 and posting its 11th consecutive weekly decline, Baker Hughes reported.