Inside Energy (https://insideenergy.org/tag/wells/)
Colorado’s connection between people and drilling goes back much further than the recent frenzy of oil and gas development: Coloradans aren’t just living among new wells, they are also living among – and sometimes on top of – wells drilled and abandoned decades ago.
A University of Alberta assistant professor wanted to make public information about oil and gas wells easier to find and use. So he started a project to collect drilling data from state agencies, gather it together in an easy-to-search database, and invite the public to add notes, observations and anecdotes.
Many new oil and gas wells designated as “highest priority” for inspection have not been checked by federal regulators, according to a new story by the Associated Press.
