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What happens when drillers abandon oil and gas wells

NPR
Published October 5, 2023 at 7:20 AM CDT

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Here & Now‘s Chris Bentley takes a look at what happens to oil and gas wells when they stop making money. Drillers are supposed to plug them before moving on. But that doesn’t always happen.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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