State’s $100,000+ cost to plug orphan wells ‘outrageously enormous’
- Posted on September 16, 2024
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State’s $100,000+ cost to plug orphan wells ‘outrageously enormous’
Pennsylvania is pockmarked with orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells. Drilled decades ago, many of them pre-date the first World War, and some pose hazards to people and nature alike. State and federal funding has grown in recent years to find and plug them, but taking care of the problem is no simple task. […]
