A federal court has approved a class-action settlement between West Virginia landowners and what is believed to be the nation ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday ceremonially signed a piece of legislation that will change statewide standards for ...

Governor Patrick Morrisey told a gathering at Wheeling’s Heritage Point Thursday new legislation will allow for more progress in capping and plugging more than 21,000 abandoned and orphaned gas and ...

A bill that aims to address growing numbers of uncapped oil and gas wells is expected to become law after clearing the Texas ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey signed House Bill 3336, which updates oil and gas laws to allow a new, faster, safer, and more cost-effective method of plugging abandoned wells and ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A month after an oil and gas well blowout occurred in Weld County, some of the residents who were evacuated because of potential health impacts are still not back in their homes.

The public comments submitted to regulators on a proposed oil and gas drilling site near ... plan to drill up to 166 wells on 32,000 acres in Arapahoe County, just southeast of Aurora’s suburban ...

In many cases where oil and gas production are uncomfortably close to populations, the wells predate the public, Kowall said. "There are a number of wells throughout Oakland County that are tucked ...

There are more than 20,000 abandoned oil and gas wells scattered across West Virginia, putting communities at risk for water ...

“Out of the 14 displaced residents within a half mile of the incident, 12 are awaiting completion of the cleaning process,” the oil and gas company ... accommodations as well as food/beverage ...

They’re sealing one of thousands of unplugged orphaned oil and gas wells ... the most of any county. Frio County, southwest of San Antonio, follows with close to 500 orphan wells.

For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells. Oil and gas wells with no active ...