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Mike Hickey works on capping an an orphaned well in Adams County, Colo. The EPA estimates there are more than 1 million abandoned gas and oil wells across the country. Matt Bloom/KNUC hide caption

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Energy

Cleaning Up Abandoned Wells Proves Costly To Gas And Oil Producing States

KUNC

September 6, 2019 • Abandoned gas and oil wells dot many states. These orphaned sites need to be capped and cleaned up, but doing so is difficult when the responsible companies have gone bankrupt.

Cleaning Up Abandoned Wells Proves Costly To Gas And Oil Producing States

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Danger Below? New Properties Hide Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

A contractor prepares to cut off the top of a coal bed methane well near Gillette, Wyo., in 2015. It's one of thousands of abandoned, plugged wells sprinkled throughout Wyoming and Colorado. Stephanie Joyce/Wyoming Public Media hide caption

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Danger Below? New Properties Hide Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

Wyoming Public Radio

May 30, 2016 • Around the country, houses, schools and shopping centers are being built on old oil and gas fields — and hidden underground are millions of abandoned wells that are not monitored for leaks.

Danger Below? New Properties Hide Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

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