Texas Regulators Grapple With Plugging Leaky Abandoned Wells February 4, 2025 In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to...
Pressure Mounts on Texas Regulator as ‘Zombie’ Oil Wells Spill Toxic Fluids August 15, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici PECOS COUNTY, Texas – On a sprawling ranch in Pecos County in late July, oil well control specialist Hawk Dunlap...
Oil Slick Off Texas Coast Tied to Abandoned Platform in Gulf July 22, 2024 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy Federal and state officials are developing plans to respond to an oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico tied to...
Abandoned Louisiana Oil Wells Slated to Receive Clean Up in Infrastructure Bill May 27, 2022 By Janet McConnaughey About $33 million of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan recently signed into law by President Joe Biden will go...
U.S. Offers States $1.15B to Clean Up Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells February 1, 2022 The Biden administration on Monday said it would make $1.15 billion available to states to clean up abandoned oil and...
Forgotten Oil and Gas Wells Lingering, Leaking Toxic Chemicals August 3, 2021 By Cathy Bussewitz and Martha Irvine Rusted pipes litter the sandy fields of Ashley Williams Watt’s cattle ranch in windswept West Texas. The corroded skeletons are...
Millions of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Pose Environmental, Health Risks June 23, 2020 By Nichola Groom In May 2012, Hanson and Michael Rowe noticed an overpowering smell, like rotten eggs, seeping from an abandoned gas well...