Some of them are unplugged. Texas has nearly 8,900 orphan wells, according to the Railroad Commission’s most recent list. Many are concentrated in oil-rich areas like the Permian Basin ...

Commission Shifts executive director, Virginia Palacios, moderates a Texas Railroad Commission ... of plugged wells for 6 months to a year before the commission can sign off. An oil well blowout ...

Texas has thousands of orphan oil and gas wells that need plugging. The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas wells in the state, defines these as wells that have been inactive ...