Abandoned and orphaned oil wells in West Texas are causing costly environmental hazards like sinkholes and leaks, prompting ...

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

Researchers have found a way to enhance compressed-air energy storage (CAES) by utilizing geothermal heat in abandoned oil ...

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

Nine million Americans live near an orphan oil and gas well. These wells have no owner and were never sealed, so they're leaking out tons of methane and deadly gases unchecked. Some are 150 years ...

Researchers at Penn State University in the US have proposed a new approach to storing green energy from renewable sources ...

More than three-quarters of U.S. oil wells, collectively, make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of how small their output is. But they're a big deal.

which are not in use but have not been properly sealed and closed, and fining companies for operating low-producing oil wells ...

operating in the ENC jurisdiction to seal off disused oil well heads or decommission them. He made the call during an interview with journalists in his office in Calabar, weekend. He said the call ...

introduced a bill today that would substantially increase oil companies’ requirements to plug and clean up idled oil and gas wells across the state. California currently has more than 40,000 wells ...