Forgotten oil and gas wells linger, leaking toxic chemicals

CRANE, Texas (AP) — Rusted pipes litter the sandy fields of Ashley Williams Watt’s cattle ranch in windswept West Texas. The corroded skeletons are all that remain of hundreds of abandoned oil wells that were drilled long before her family owned the land. The wells, unable to produce any useful amounts of oil or gas,…

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The Path to Preventing New Orphaned Wells

A public/private jobs program to reduce methane emissions now, plug existing inactive wells and create a new program to prevent orphan wells in the future Summary: Most agree that the orphan well problem needs to be fixed now, but what about preventing additional wells from becoming orphaned in the future? Proposals in Congress address the…

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OneNexus Environmental Launches With Mission to Remedy Trillion-Dollar Aging Oil & Gas Well Infrastructure Problem

Energy Startup Will Play Crucial Role in Helping the Fossil Fuel Industry Proactively Reduce Methane and Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oil & Gas industry veteran Tony Sanchez III, Founder & former CEO of Sanchez Energy Corporation, today announced the official launch of OneNexus Environmental. The forward-thinking energy start-up is a financial technology (fintech) energy company…

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