Thousands of oil wells have been abandoned in Oklahoma over the years. OPMX's Anna Pope visited three sites in the Deep Fork ...

News' Isabel Flores listened to a homeowner who had four leaking oil wells on her property plugged up, free of charge.

Millions of oil and gas wells have been drilled in the U.S. since the oil industry was launched in the 1800s. A small number of those might conceivably be repurposed for something else — making ...

These unplugged wells can leak oil, natural gas and toxins into waterways and air. Because natural gas, also known as methane, is a potent greenhouse gas, these wells are adding to climate change.

The falling number of oil and gas rigs deployed across the United States is reaching a level that would indicate onshore ...

Recently retired Colorado scientist Lisa McKenzie chased the link between fracking and adverse birth outcomes, cancer and ...

A public comment period ends Monday on an initiative setting the framework for future oil and gas leasing in an ecologically diverse national forest within Alabama. The U.S. Forest Service and the ...

State-run Petroperu is working on a framework agreement with its counterpart Petroecuador to connect oil wells in Ecuador ...

Dan Arthur, the president and chief engineer of ALL Consulting, stands beside a defunct oil well in the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma on March 20, 2024. The well has not been used for years — ...

Millions of oil and gas wells have been drilled in the U.S. since the oil industry was launched in the 1800s. A small number of those might conceivably be repurposed for something else — making ...