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  • RESEARCH

    27 Feb 2026

    Rethinking Methane Math at Abandoned Wells

  • PARTNERSHIPS

    17 Feb 2026

    Inside Blackstone’s Billion-Dollar Energy Data Play

  • REGULATORY

    12 Feb 2026

    Interior Refines Rules for $4.7B Orphan Well Cleanup

  • INNOVATION

    11 Feb 2026

    Explainable AI Steps Into Idle Well Oversight

West Virginia Bets on Private Capital to Clean Up Old Wells

West Virginia officials and energy executives mark launch of $650m private well plugging fund

PARTNERSHIPS

10 Feb 2026

West Virginia launches a state-backed fund that secures long-term private capital to clean up aging oil and gas wells, easing pressure on taxpayers

Flaring wellhead and pumpjack highlighting methane risks from orphan oil and gas wells

PARTNERSHIPS

19 Sep 2025

Can This Unlikely Trio Clean Up Forgotten Wells?

Refuge-land partnership aims to cut methane and speed remediation

Oil pumpjacks and gas flare highlighting methane leaks from undocumented orphan wells

INNOVATION

14 Sep 2025

Modern Tools Rise to Meet the Orphan Well Challenge

New DOE funds aim to accelerate tools that help states locate and repair orphan wells

Crews plugging an orphan oil and gas well as part of US cleanup and methane reduction efforts

MARKET TRENDS

21 Aug 2025

Can States Turn Old Wells Into Climate Wins?

Faster federal rules are speeding orphan-well cleanup and lifting firms chasing methane-cutting credits

Orphan oil pumpjack slated for plugging as part of wildlife refuge cleanup programme

PARTNERSHIPS

15 Aug 2025

Team Effort Powers a Cleanup Across Four Refuges

A federal partnership will seal more than one hundred ten orphan wells across four wildlife refuges starting in 2025

Drone equipped with sensors used to locate undocumented orphan oil and gas wells

TECHNOLOGY

30 Jul 2025

Sky Searchers: The Quiet Rise of Drone Well Hunts

States expand aerial surveys to spot undocumented wells as federal research advances

Idle oil pumpjack and well site representing US orphan well cleanup efforts

REGULATORY

24 Jul 2025

Streamlined Grants Give Orphan Well Effort New Life

New Interior rules speed orphan well cleanup, giving states more freedom while raising pressure on operators

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