[Levin]

PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO


WASHINGTON (AFP) - Bill Suan bought his family's cattle farm in the mountains of West Virginia a decade-and-a-half ago with little thought for the two gas wells drilled on the property - but then they started leaking oil onto his fields and sickening his cows.

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"It's shocking to think that it was like that for decades," Mr Suan said.

From rural areas in the east where modern oil production began to cities in southern California, where pumpjacks loom not far from homes, the United States is pockmarked with perhaps millions of oil wells that are unsealed, haven't produced in decades, and sometimes do not have an identifiable owner.

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many states have struggled to deal with these wells, which can leak oil and brine into water supplies as well as emit methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas.

In a first, Washington is making a concerted effort to plug these wells through a US$4.7 billion (S$6.4 billion) fund, passed as part of an expansive overhaul of the nation's infrastructure.


More details at: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/unite...-oil-wells

[debono]

PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO


WASHINGTON (AFP) - Bill Suan bought his family's cattle farm in the mountains of West Virginia a decade-and-a-half ago with little thought for the two gas wells drilled on the property - but then they started leaking oil onto his fields and sickening his cows.

......

"It's shocking to think that it was like that for decades," Mr Suan said.

From rural areas in the east where modern oil production began to cities in southern California, where pumpjacks loom not far from homes, the United States is pockmarked with perhaps millions of oil wells that are unsealed, haven't produced in decades, and sometimes do not have an identifiable owner.

......

many states have struggled to deal with these wells, which can leak oil and brine into water supplies as well as emit methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas.

In a first, Washington is making a concerted effort to plug these wells through a US$4.7 billion (S$6.4 billion) fund, passed as part of an expansive overhaul of the nation's infrastructure.


More details at: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/unite...-oil-wells

With oil leaking into the grass fields, it makes the cow sick, then their govt. must plug all these unused oil wells......