Volatile oil ... and gas wells en masse, particularly in the Permian Basin straddling Texas and New Mexico. Those two states are already responsible for cleaning up about 7,000 such abandoned ...

Texas lawmakers attempted to address the growing problem of abandoned wells. Two years later, none of that money has been ...

Regarding “The Railroad Commission’s $100M request poses a potential challenge for Texas taxpayers” (Jan 13): The article about the skyrocketing cost to plug abandoned oil wells is alarming ...

Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her homestead on the arid plains of West Texas ... around the 30-plus abandoned oil and gas wells littered across ...