A Norwegian company has successfully pilot-tested in Canada a new technology that will permanently plug oil wells and ensure that no greenhouse methane gas escapes. Currently, the most-widely used ...

BOYNE FALLS, MI – The pungent odor of brine wafted across an old well site in eastern Charlevoix County as workers pumped hundreds of gallons of concrete deep underground. An oil field crew used heavy ...

OCHELATA, Okla. — According to recent figures, Oklahoma has more than 20,000 abandoned oil wells, with many of those leaking harmful pollutants. Ann Packard said her family has owned the land she ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. But the real danger lies underground — where oil, salt, and toxic ...