West Virginia has thousands of unplugged and improperly plugged oil and gas wells that could leak and contaminate groundwater ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the ...

For the second time in roughly 30 years, oil wells leaking into a Michigan lake have been plugged, according to the state ...

A pair of abandoned oil wells that were leaking into a lake at an Ottawa County park have been cleaned out and capped off.

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 ...

Two leaking oil wells from the 1940s have been plugged to prevent further oil spills into an Ottawa County lake.

By Editorial Iraq’s North Oil Co. (NOC) has recommenced production from 35 wells in the Kirkuk region as part of a strategic ...

Canada's Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has found indications of oil at its Naingopo onshore exploration well and ...

The Nigerian Navy has foiled an attempt by oil thieves to exploit an abandoned well at Oke-Agor-Isekun, an island near the ...

Ogoniland, home to about a million people, became an emblem of the problem after years of oil and gas exploration and production ...

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 ...