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Texas Abandoned Well Cleanup
The Railroad Commission of Texas is the authority for all things oil and gas in the state, including the efforts to minimize abandoned and leaking …
Webinar: Federal Orphaned Well Program
The Bureau of Land Management hosted a webinar in January 2022 focused on addressing the Federal Orphaned Wells Program. A recorded version of the …
Finding the Gaps in America’s Magnetic Maps
A 2017 executive order mandated a plan to evaluate U.S. access to critical mineral resources, but the airborne magnetic survey maps that support this effort …
Legislation addressing orphaned wells becomes law
Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed into law legislation that will increase the number of orphan wells being plugged in Pennsylvania. Act 136 of 2022 creates …
With money on the table, states identify 120,000 leak-prone oil wells
Last year’s federal infrastructure law gives states a financial incentive to document these potentially hazardous sites.
Categories of Inactive Wells in Pennsylvania
Per a legal source in Pennsylvania (Houston Harbaugh), Idle Wells fall into three categories: 1. A well that is not currently producing oil and gas …