OIL AND GAS: Thousands of 'orphan wells' spark safety, cleanup fears

EnergyWire 2019-10-22

Summary:

Across the West, thousands of oil and gas wells sit idle on federal lands. They pose environmental and safety hazards, but critics say the Bureau of Land Management doesn't have a good way of tracking them, and there's not nearly enough money set aside to plug them.

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Date tagged:

10/22/2019, 08:42

Date published:

10/22/2019, 07:32