To find old methane-leaking oil wells, researchers look to history

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To find old methane-leaking oil wells, researchers look to history
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Old photos and drawings, paired with new data gathered by remote sensing, help researchers navigate as if they were some of the country’s earliest oil and gas prospectors themselves

of groundwater contamination from leaking orphaned wells, for example, while the Railroad Commission of Texas confirmed 30 similar issues between 1993 and 2008.

The forgotten wells came to national attention early this year when President Joe Biden’s infrastructure billFor the first century of oil and gas drilling in the U.S., the practice of well plugging essentially didn’t exist. “There was no environmental regulatory structure of any kind in the United States. It simply wasn't a thing,” says Ron Bishop, a hazardous materials specialist at SUNY Oneonta.

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