Maria Burns watched with satisfaction as a three-story-high drilling rig made a racket in her front yard. Normally, the loudest thing on this residential street in Ashland, Ohio, would be the barking ...

In order to provide a hope and future for our children, we must defend their health. In our commonwealth, the current bonding level for wells is between $2,500 and $10,000, depending on the type of ...

Mar. 17—AUSTIN — The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General has released an audit report showing the Railroad Commission of Texas successfully used federal grant funding for ...

An increasing number of natural gas wells are being plugged, now that the price of natural gas is down. Tetra Technologies, the largest company doing these jobs on land and one of the two largest ...

(The Center Square) — As Pennsylvania’s orphan well-plugging program ramps up, state officials seem optimistic about the albeit bumpy road ahead. Cost estimates, for example, are up, driven by federal ...

A senior Interior Department official expressed opposition Tuesday to legislation that backers say would allow states to plug more abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. Steve Feldgus, Interior’s ...

Drivers heading along Farm-to-Market Road 307 may be unaware that about 200 feet away and in the middle of an idle service company yard lies an abandoned well. The well’s location near FM 307 and in ...