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(The Center Square) — As Pennsylvania’s orphan well-plugging program ramps up, state officials seem optimistic about the albeit bumpy road ahead. Cost estimates, for example, are up, driven by federal ...

THE EFFORTS TO KEEP PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THEM SAFE. PENNSYLVANIA’S DEP SAYS THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ABANDONED GAS WELLS AND OIL WELLS ACROSS THE STATE, BUT THERE MAY BE 13 TIMES THAT MANY OUT ...

Despite the Shapiro administration’s increased efforts to plug orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells, conventional drillers continue to abandon their wells at a rate faster than the Pennsylvania ...

But they also caution that the unprecedented amount of money flowing into Pennsylvania may not be going toward the worst wells, and they argue the plugging project needs better oversight. Take, for ...

An abandoned well is seen on the property of Cheryl and Joe Thomas in Duke Center, Pa., on April 25, 2023. With the help of millions of dollars in federal funding, Pennsylvania has plugged more oil ...