BRAFORD COUNTY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Bradford County District Attorney announced the sentencing of an Elmira woman. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Bobbie Jo Cardona, 47, of Elmira ...

Many are also home to active wells, according to a Department of Environmental Protection oil and gas well database. Some, like wells in Bradford County in north central Pennsylvania, were drilled ...

Depleted and abandoned oil wells in West Texas are causing environmental issues such as sinkholes and blowouts, leading to significant financial costs for cleanup. The Texas Railroad Commission ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI - For the second time in roughly 30 years, oil wells leaking into a Michigan lake have been plugged, according to the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two leaking oil wells from the 1940s have been plugged to prevent further oil spills into an Ottawa County lake. After responding to a kayaker's tip in April 2023 ...

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A pair of abandoned oil wells that were leaking into a lake at an Ottawa County park have been cleaned out and capped off. The wells in the Bend Area Open Space Park ...

What we know "I sincerely thank Tioga County, Pa. District Attorney Sandra Olson for her hard work in convicting Mr. Cole on these related offenses," said Bradford County District Attorney Richard ...

A Wyoming County, Pennsylvania teen is dead following a one-vehicle crash early Friday in southeastern Bradford County. Pennsylvania State Police at Towanda identified the victim as Ian M.

CEO of a Bradford-based plugging company Plants & Goodwin, which is now owned by New York-based firm Zefiro Methane Corp. The company plugged 15 orphaned wells McKean County with IIJA funds and is ...

What are orphan and abandoned wells? Every state defines them a little differently. In Pennsylvania: Orphan wells: These are oil and gas wells left behind ... guesses are 300,000 to 700,000. The above ...

An oil pumpjack stands idle near homes as people ... would result in the shutdown of three-quarters of production wells in the county. “Catalyst appreciates the opportunity to assist ...

Wood said the remaining five phases will help the department plug approximately 1,900 abandoned oil wells across the state. The work in Vernon County is scheduled to begin in the next year.