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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 ...
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.
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U.S. Oil Rigs Continue to Slump On Price Uncertainty
The total number of active oil and gas drilling rigs in the United States has decreased again this week, alongside a dip in ...
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The U.S. has millions of old gas and oil wells. Here's what it takes to plug them up
There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...
US oil/gas rig count down for 11th week to lowest since 2021, Baker Hughes says
U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for an 11th week in a row for the first time ...
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Oil and Gas Leasing Gets Boost in Alaska and the Gulf of America
The Department of Interior (DOI) is proposing to reopen up to 82%of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska ...