Oklahoma’s oil industry pays into a voluntary fund to clean up oil wells, but many drillers opt out. The money that has been refunded to these companies in recent years could have restored an ...

Some of Oklahoma’s biggest oil companies have opted out of the fund, forcing the state to return millions of dollars that would have gone to cleanup.

The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.

Last year, 567 quakes of at least 3.0 magnitude rocked a swath of the state. Oil and gas drilling are the implicit culprits, but some hesitate to blame an industry that has kept Okla.’s economy ...

There could be about a million 'orphan' oil and gas wells across the U.S. As they age, they can leak greenhouse gases or ...

The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there's money to clean up “orphaned” wells. In Oklahoma, it could cost more than $7 billion.

Nevertheless the Governor’s Mansion was well removed from that part of town which was ruined by oil derricks when the Oklahoma City field was discovered in 1928. In fact a law forbade oil ...

Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Vital Energy said it planned to expand its operations in the Permian Basin by acquiring Driftwood Energy Operating in a deal valued at about $128 million. The assets on about ...

Some of Oklahoma’s biggest oil companies have opted out of the fund, forcing the state to return millions of dollars that would have gone to cleanup.