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 ...
The emerging Western Haynesville natural gas play is attracting major operators like Comstock with its highly productive wells, but its long-term viability hinges on reducing drilling and completion ...
GOVERNOR, MARKED OFF NUMBER 300. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ABANDONED OR ORPHANED GAS WELLS ACROSS THE STATE. SOME ARE MAPPED OUT, BUT OTHERS LOCATIONS ARE STILL UNKNOWN. THIS ONE, NOW MARKING ...
Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her homestead on the arid plains of West Texas. Briggs and her husband saved up for years to purchase the land and build ...
Oil workers pull tubing from an orphan well in a field in Luling on March 27, 2025. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune LULING — Just six minutes from 5,700-person town’s historic city center, ...
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What are ‘zombie’ wells? 5 things to know about Texas oil wells that pose a new environmental threat
Long-forgotten oil and gas wells are coming back to life in West Texas, harming the environment and confounding Texas regulators. Here’s what to know about the issue. They are wells that should be ...
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