Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs

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By Naveena SadasivamMar 2, 2021, 6:45 am285 pts
When Weatherly Oil and Gas filed for bankruptcy in February 2019, the company was walking away from several hundred Texas wells. Many hadn’t produced a drop of oil in years. Companies are legally required to “plug” wells that they’re no longer using to extract oil and gas by pouring concrete into all…

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