‘Nobody really knows what you’re supposed to do’: Leaking, exploding, abandoned wells wreak havoc in West Texas
IMPERIAL — Mounds of dirt towered over Bill Wight, who stared helplessly at the piles that had once been pasture for his cattle. After a few moments, he turned his head and surveyed a vast pool of water that had spilled over his land after an abandoned well exploded in early December. The water that sprang from the forgotten hole drilled searching for oil or water contained so much salt that it scrubbed the life off the land. It decimated the soil.
Oil or water? Midland says disposal wells could threaten water supply. It also highlights an uneven approach to environmental cleanup by the Railroad Commission of Texas, critics say. The commission is tasked with regulating the state’s oil and gas sector. It has millions of dollars to plug orphan wells. However, the three-member elected body has fought with groundwater districts and landowners about who is responsible for plugging certain wells.
Thousands of oil, gas wastewater spills threaten property, groundwater, wildlife, livestock in Texas For the next month, commission staff visited daily and recorded the mounting costs of containing the water. Trucks began to haul it away. Water vacuumed up at the site was transported to saltwater disposal facilities and injected into the ground at a different site. Inspection reports during January indicated there was ongoing difficulty in plugging the well. But at the commission’s Jan.
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