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Controlling Board approves $13.8 million for plugging orphan oil and gas wells; DNR outlines priority process
Summary
The State Controlling Board approved about $13.8 million for the Department of Natural Resources to locate and plug orphaned wells; DNR officials said the state has more than 19,000 documented orphan wells and uses a risk-priority matrix to target wells that threaten groundwater.
COLUMBUS — The State Controlling Board on Oct. 20 approved roughly $13.8 million for the Department of Natural Resources to continue locating and plugging orphaned oil and gas wells.
Ryan Frazee, DNR chief financial officer, introduced the request and deferred detailed technical answers to Tara Kinsey Lee of the Division of Oil and Gas. Kinsey Lee told the board the state…
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