Researchers at Iowa State University have discovered a unique and environmentally friendly solution of utilizing crop waste to seal abandoned oil wells and capture carbon by permanently sequestering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stock Getty Image of an orphaned oil well. Ohio’s Orphan Well Program has plugged approximately 2,300 abandoned wells since its ...

Thousands of abandoned oil wells or platforms dot the waters off Louisiana’s coasts, creating hazards the state isn’t doing enough to mitigate. It’s not that the only responsibility belongs with the ...

Environmental groups will soon be canvassing six areas of Southwestern Pennsylvania by foot, car, and drone in an effort to find abandoned oil and gas wells. Western Pennsylvania is the birthplace of ...

State regulators are pushing to plug three oil wells in southern Arkansas that were owned and run by a company that can no longer be located. The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission wants to plug the ...

Orphaned and abandoned wells can present a risk to the environment and public by emitting methane, contaminating groundwater, and/or impacting ecosystems. The National Academies will convene a ...

In 2007, Rick Kinder was working for a contractor, building a house in southern Colorado. The workers had just finished putting in all the doors, windows and sealing the house. Kinder and a colleague ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection knows there are hundreds of abandoned and potentially-hazardous gas/oil wells scattered throughout the Erie region and tens of thousands ...

New Mexico is rich in oil and gas. With that wealth comes a mess—literally. The state is home to more than 60,000 wells that will eventually need to be plugged to prevent methane leaks, groundwater ...