Tag Archive for: Abandoned Wells
Plug Those Holes!
John Doyle weighs in on the issue of unproductive and uncapped gas and oil wells in West Virginia--more than 12,000 to date with more on the way. It's supposed to be the responsibility of the drillers to plug them when they're abandoned, but the drillers resist. The Governor's agreement with one of the offending companies only draws out a serious problem, it doesn't solve it.
