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Abandoned Oil Wells Pose Growing Risks in Permian Basin

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As the number of depleted and abandoned oil wells in the West Texas Permian Basin continues to grow in the long shadow of the United States shale revolution, associated environmental and public health hazards are ballooning in tandem.

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1/4 Century: What Was the Oil and Gas Industry Like in the Early 2000s? Part 2

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Permian Basin Pioneer: Projects here used CO injection to produce an extra 1 million barrels annually by 2005. Record Depths: By 2005, rigs operated at depths exceeding 1,500 meters, using dynamic positioning systems and cutting-edge blowout preventers. Production Gains: Deepwater drilling accounted for 15% of U.S.

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EPA proposes giving Texas authority to oversee CO2 injection permits

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The planned approval comes amid concerns by some landowners and environmental groups that pumping CO2 into the ground could harm their groundwater and exacerbate earthquakes and old oil-well blowouts already happening in the Permian Basin as Texas struggles to manage wastewater disposal, for which it already has oversight authority.

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