Contractors have plugged 300 orphaned well sites in Louisiana over the past 4½ months, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Department of Natural Resources Secretary Tom Harris announced today. That exceeds the highest number plugged by the state’s Oilfield Site Restoration program over a full year—280 wells were plugged during fiscal year 1998-1999. Harris says favorable
Louisiana has plugged 300 orphaned wells in 2023, but thousands remain
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