More than 3.5 million abandoned oil and gas wells are littered across the United States and an estimated 14 million Americans live within a mile of one of the wells.
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
OIL CITY, LOUISIANA - MARCH 8: An orphaned well with a temporary cap sits in the backyard of a home ... [+] owned by Rickey Jordan in Oil City, Louisiana on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Cooper Neill ...
Kern County, California feels as far from the Pacific coast as Iowa. Squint past the palm trees and foothills, and it resembles the Great Plains. From Mr McCoy’s vantage point, the horizon is littered ...
The exercise was witnessed by key industry players, including indigenous, international oil companies as well as the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). In all 31 oil ...
In a ceremony held on Tuesday, the Iranian Vice President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy Hossein Afshin inaugurated the first oil well equipped with artificial intelligence (AI).