Newport Beach officials have launched a 24/7 emergency drilling operation to repair an abandoned 1920s-era oil well that ...

Crews in Newport Beach are conducting a drilling operation to fix an abandoned oil well that leaked methane and oil into a ...

Police are warning residents to expect noise around the clock for the next 10 days after a 1920s-era abandoned well began ...

An abandoned oil well leak in a Newport Beach neighborhood has sparked a local emergency, and could even lead to homes being ...

The state of California is teaming up with Newport Beach to seal a methane leak from an abandoned oil well that prompted a ...

The California Geologic Energy Management Division agreed to oversee an emergency drilling operation to locate and repair the ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Environmental groups petitioned the federal government Monday, hoping to bar energy companies that neglect old well sites from obtaining new offshore drilling rights. "The federal ...

The United States has more than a million oil wells, and those no longer in use need to be closed properly — otherwise, they can leak oil, methane, and a host of other poisons into our air and water.

The price of crude oil is steadily declining, leading to the abandonment of oil rigs in Scotland and other countries. Massive rigs, weighing around a thousand tons each, are being towed into the ...