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The search for Pennsylvania’s abandoned oil wells

Thursday, June 23, 2016 by

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Pennsylvania’s landscape is littered with old, abandoned oil wells. Some of these old wells are close to newly fracked Marcellus shale wells.

Bloomberg reports that Pennsylvania’s attorney general is reviewing rules regarding these old wells, requiring shale drillers to document old wells near new drilling sites. It’s possible that new, fracked wells could interact with the old oil wells, which could cause methane to leak into homes, the air or water supplies.

Nationwide, 2.6 million of the 3.5 million total wells are no longer in use, but not all of those well locations are documented. Regulators are working to locate Pennsylvania’s lost wells.

Read more: Bloomberg > In the Birthplace of U.S. Oil, Methane Gas is Leaking Everywhere

Related: Ohio’s abandoned wells: 16 wells set to be plugged this year – July 15, 2015

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