However, the reuse of abandoned oil and gas wells (AOGWs) as containment cells for pressurized air obviates this problem and alleviates the many environmental issues caused by AOGWs. We propose a novel geotherma
Little is known about methane fluxes from the millions of abandoned wells that exist in the United States. Here, we report direct measurements of methane fluxes from abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania, using static flux chambers. A total of 42......
The “fight” that Briggs says has come to dominate her life in recent years centers around the 30-plus abandoned oil and gas wells littered across her ranch and left to rot by their former operators. She knew the inactive wells were on the land when she bought it, but ...
More than 1 million abandoned wells are scattered across the U.S., left behind when oil and gas companies cease operations. The wells are insidiously becoming an environmental threat as they leak methane, a major contributor to climate change. Jeff Berardelli has more....
There is no monitoring program in place for the inspection of wells that have already been abandoned. These abandoned wells could leak for a long time before the leakage is detected and repaired. Recent studies have also documented methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas we...
Ontario is investing millions of dollars on a provincewide strategy to identify and plug abandoned oil and gas wells. It is also giving $2.5 million to Chatham-Kent as the municipality continues to deal with the fallout from a 2021 explosion that levelled a building and injure...
Abandoned oil and gas wells are a legacy of the long history of fossil fuel production in the United States (U.S.), but methane (CH4) leakage from these wells is not considered in current EPA greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories for the oil and gas industry. Overall, oil and gas extraction...
The Well Done Foundation plugs abandoned oil and gas wells, mitigating greenhouse gases including methane, CO2 and more. We find abandoned orphan wells and plug them, permanently.
Tapping into abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania, products of the state's long history of energy extraction—could provide a future source of affordable geothermal energy, according to Penn State scientists. "This research shows that with creativity we can convert what could be an environme...
Abandoned oil and gas wells (AOGW) with high bottom-hole temperature contain abundant geothermal energy, which can be retrofitted to a novel geothermal system for different utilizations without high-cost drilling. Thus, at recently, some researchers concentrate on evaluation of the performance of ...