orphan wells

The bipartisan infrastructure law included $4.7 to start plugging wells. But the new federal money is creating logistical and regulatory challenges, raising questions about whether the money will live up to its promise.

The bipartisan infrastructure law funding aims to address legacy pollution and spur economic growth nationwide.

Research team pushes toward a framework for managing millions of abandoned oil and gas wells.

Federal infrastructure law gives states financial incentive to remediate orphan wells.

US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued an order to establish an office to ensure efficient use of the Biden administration's $4.7 billion investment in the cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells.

Bob Pearson shares his thoughts on the repurposing or abandonment and decommissioning of wells that are unlikely to be repurposed or pose an environmental risk with emissions into the atmosphere or aquifers.

The $25 million is an initial grant from the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last November.

The DOI guidance explains how states can apply for the first $775 million in grant funding available this year under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs cleaning up polluted and unsafe orphaned oil and gas wellsites across the country.

Higher bonding amounts and an expanded orphaned well program will fund the cleanup of thousands of aging sites.

The US government has made more than $1 billion available to qualified states. The program is part of the recently passed infrastructure law.