Maria Burns watched with satisfaction as a three-story-high drilling rig made a racket in her front yard. Normally, the loudest thing on this residential street in Ashland, Ohio, would be the barking ...

An abandoned well is seen on the property of Cheryl and Joe Thomas in Duke Center, Pa., on April 25, 2023. With the help of millions of dollars in federal funding, Pennsylvania has plugged more oil ...

In order to provide a hope and future for our children, we must defend their health. In our commonwealth, the current bonding level for wells is between $2,500 and $10,000, depending on the type of ...

(The Center Square) — As Pennsylvania’s orphan well-plugging program ramps up, state officials seem optimistic about the albeit bumpy road ahead. Cost estimates, for example, are up, driven by federal ...

Mar. 17—AUSTIN — The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General has released an audit report showing the Railroad Commission of Texas successfully used federal grant funding for ...

A senior Interior Department official expressed opposition Tuesday to legislation that backers say would allow states to plug more abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. Steve Feldgus, Interior’s ...

CHARLESTON — A major natural gas producer is teaming up with the State of West Virginia on a 20-year plan to fund the plugging of more than 1,000 orphaned wells in the state. Gov. Patrick Morrisey ...

STORY. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO WAS HERE AT HILLMAN STATE PARK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO VOWING TO GO AFTER COMPANIES THAT FAILED TO PLUG THOUSANDS OF OIL AND GAS WELLS AROUND THE STATE. THAT INCLUDES THIS ONE ...

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania will receive hundreds of millions of dollars to plug defunct oil and gas wells that may pose health and environmental threats. And now, the state’s existing program ...

Drivers heading along Farm-to-Market Road 307 may be unaware that about 200 feet away and in the middle of an idle service company yard lies an abandoned well. The well’s location near FM 307 and in ...