A portfolio manager pointed out a “unique” market development that could already be helping to tighten global crude ...

This map depicts H2S concentrations measured on each oil and gas lease, not at the location of every well. It also does not depict whether, or where, any leaks are occurring or have occurred.

Between 1947 and 1992, these maps also used consistent symbols for oil and gas wells: a hollow black circle. "For a human being, looking at this circle and recognizing it is extremely easy ...

Of the roughly 118,000 western oil wells in high fire risk areas, 103,878 of them — more than 87% — are in California, with 2.6 million residents living in close proximity to them, according ...

More than three-quarters of U.S. oil wells, collectively, make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of how small their output is. But they're a big deal.

HOUSTON—The boom in oil production that over the last decade made the U.S. the world’s largest producer is waning, suggesting the era of shale growth is nearing its peak.

A Times analysis shows that increasingly complex oil and gas wells now require astonishing volumes of water to fracture the bedrock and release fossil fuels, threatening America’s fragile aquifers.

The model was trained on about one hundred maps, and was used to sort through topographical maps spanning 45 years. By Mack DeGeurin Published Dec 5, 2024 2:25 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

SUMMERLAND, Calif. - Another $500,000 is on the way to Heal the Ocean and other groups working to cap leaky oil wells off the nearshore coast in Summerland. The wells were abandoned decades ago ...

Oil companies are taking advantage of the additional time to keep drilling and repairing old wells within the buffer zone, according to data collected by Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance.

A Deep Learning Based Framework to Identify Undocumented Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells from Historical Maps: A Case Study for California and Oklahoma. Environmental Science & Technology , 2024; DOI ...

Between 1947 and 1992, these maps also used consistent symbols for oil and gas wells: a hollow black circle. “For a human being, looking at this circle and recognizing it is extremely easy ...