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Oil, gas coalition approves orphan well plugging resolution offered by Texas Railroad Commissioner

Oil, gas coalition approves orphan well plugging resolution offered by Texas Railroad Commissioner

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This week, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) approved Resolution 23.053 offered by Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright, urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to follow the statutory language passed by Congress with respect to

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Wyoming to Plug more than 900 Wells

Environmental concerns cause Wyoming to plug 316 producing oil wells

A heated discussion over what to do with 316 producing wells took place last week in Wyoming. The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission decided Tuesday to plug the wells, …

Where You See a Depleted Oil Well, Quidnet Sees Green Energy Storage

Where You See a Depleted Oil Well, Quidnet Sees Green Energy Storage

With Hollywood seed funding, startup is testing abandoned oil and gas wells as grid-scale energy storage solution for wind and solar generation

“Our goal is to get to a cost point that’s potentially lower by a factor of about ten