I was glad to read that a settlement will commit Diversified Energy Corp. to plug 2,600 dormant oil and gas wells in its ...

Over the last two years, developers have generated roughly 5 million carbon credits from cleaning up orphaned oil and gas ...

But a new law may finally be slowing the so-called well shuffling, state data shows. Since the start of this year, companies have proposed selling 766 wells in the state. But before the wells can ...

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Support ProPublica’s investigative reporting today. Donate Now More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged across the country. Many leak contaminants like brine, methane and benzene into ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Oil wells from the Dutch colonial era lie scattered across Indonesia, polluting the earth and destroying locals' chances at making a living off anything but oil.

The North Dakota oil industry, state regulators and environmentalists are all preparing for policy changes under President ...

There's no hope of drilling off the state’s coastline right now, but there's at least one new onshore oil project on the ...

To produce such a volume would take around 600 new wells, and even more oil could be available if the area is studied further, state subsurface geologist Ted Starns said. “We’re trying to ...

The U.S. Interior announced Thursday New Mexico will receive another $5.5 million toward its efforts to address legacy ...

Talos said it expects production in line with pre-drill estimates of approximately 15 to 20 thousand barrels of oil ...