Across Texas, abandoned wells are erupting with chemical-infused liquid and some have created massive lakes of contaminated ...

Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain – approaching a full year’s worth in some places ...

Older wells — especially those drilled before the 1950s — are more likely to have been abandoned and documentation on who last owned a well can be hard to find. A Texas Railroad Commission ...

LULING, Texas — This article was originally published ... orphaned oil and gas wells scattered across the state — abandoned holes left behind by companies that went bankrupt or just walked ...

Oil workers pull tubing from an orphan well in a field in Luling on March 27, 2025. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune ...