MRP 351: Orphan Wells Update: State-by-State Results From Federal Funding
Congress set aside about $4.7 billion to plug abandoned oil and gas wells, but by the end of 2025 only about 40% of it had gone out, and states had…
MRP 144: Solutions to the Orphan Wells Problem
Orphan wells are oil and gas wells that are no longer producing or economically viable but have not gone through the plugging process and usually don't have an owner. They…
MRP 133: Mineral Rights News December 2021
In this month’s Mineral Rights Podcast news episode for December 2021, we talk about orphan wells and how some states are considering stronger financial assurances to cover the cost of…