abandoned wells
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The money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will go to help Tribes plug orphaned oil and gas wells, combat climate change, and protect natural resources.
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This paper discusses and evaluates retrofitting abandoned petroleum wells for geothermal applications as a commonly proposed solution to meet the challenge of the capital expenditure required for drilling and completion.
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Advantages for conversion of nonactive oil and gas wells to geothermal wells include deferred plugging and abandonment costs, safety and environmental concerns, and potential energy production.
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More than 200 inactive oil and natural gas wells in New Mexico have been plugged as land managers have tried to crack down on producers as part of an accountability and enforcement program.
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Lawmakers are considering a solution that would give abandoned wells a new, redemptive purpose: deep receptacles to trap carbon for millennia.
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Bob Pearson shares his thoughts on the repurposing or abandonment and decommissioning of wells that are unlikely to be repurposed or pose an environmental risk with emissions into the atmosphere or aquifers.
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Opportunities are created at the intersection of two important energy problems—the need for large-scale, long-term energy storage systems and effective end-of-life field management of historical oil and gas assets. This paper presents a hyperscale energy-storage solution using repurposed idle oil and gas wells to store energy in subsurface saline aquifers.
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A lawsuit filed in the Bay Area represents a looming issue for thousands of idled oil and gas wells.
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Grants have been offered to four separate pilot-style projects in order to test the geothermal potential of old oil and gas wells.
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Airborne drones with magnetometers have worked well in trials and are ready for more widespread use, potentially revealing thousands of previously unknown wells.
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