After a week of uncontrolled spillage, a leak pouring more than 70,000 gallons of oil into a Louisiana marsh has been contained, according to the Coast Guard.However, cleanup of the area ...

Downturns in the oil market exacerbate the problem, causing operators to abandon more wells. Last year, with the help of $37.5 million in federal aid , 580 wells were plugged, Courreges said ...

The audit report estimates it will take nearly $543 million to address the current number of orphan wells, but state law calls for oil and gas production fees to be suspended if the Oilfield site ...

The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association proclaims it has 1,100 members. Let each member adopt four wells and plug them. That is 4,400 wells, nearly all of them and a long way from where we are now.

Crews were working Monday to control an oil well blowout that has forced evacuation of homes and businesses near Belle Rose, Louisiana, about 70 miles west of New Orleans, officials said.

The well, operated by Spectrum Opco, was first noted as spilling an oil and gas mixture into the environment in Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, on April 26. The World War II-era well ...

A Legislative Auditor’s report made public Monday indicates 976 orphaned wells were plugged in fiscal years 2020 through 2023, based on numbers from the Oilfield Site Restoration Program and the ...

The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association proclaims it has 1,100 members. Let each member adopt four wells and plug them. That is 4,400 wells, nearly all of them and a long way from where we are now.

LOUISIANA (Louisiana Illuminator) - An unprecedented amount of resources are flowing into Louisiana to help address abandoned oil and gas wells that present environmental and safety risks throughout ...