An abandoned century-old oil well has wreaked havoc ... Upton County - where the ranch is located - is one of the leading oil production counties in all of Texas. The Railroad Commission has ...

Read full article: Man’s decomposing body found near Alvin in Brazoria County A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the 1970s. The property owners and visitors ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Officials confirmed that an “uncontrolled release” at a Chevron oil and ... getting the well controlled was because they brought in an expert well team from Texas and the ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing c.mayer@newsweek.com A 200-foot-wide sinkhole is growing at an alarming rate around an abandoned oil well in Texas, according to the family that owns the ...

The issue is forcing the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil industry, to request an unprecedented ...

Just this week, the Texas Tribune reported on a giant sinkhole that has opened up under an old oil well on a family ranch in West Texas. The Kelton Ranch well was plugged in 1977, but now it has ...

Read full article: KSAT Connect users capture stunning photos of April’s full moon lighting up South Texas A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the 1970s.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many ...

McCamey is one of countless Texas towns formed in an oil boom. Wildcatter George McCamey struck oil in 1925 and soon several ...

A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was originally drilled as an oil well in the 1950s and later converted to a ...