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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 ...
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 ...
Crews to begin work to seal abandoned oil wells in Allegheny and Washington counties
The Environmental Defense Fund estimates there are somewhere between 300,000 and 700,000 undocumented, abandoned oil and gas ...