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  2. Orphan wells - Wikipedia

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    Original owners of what are now orphan wells "failed to fulfill their responsibility for costly end-of-life decommissioning and restoration work"; some sold these wells "strategically to insolvent operators". [31] Landowners suffer both "environmental and economic consequences" of having these wells on their property. [31]

  3. Offshore oil and gas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Offshore drilling began in California in 1896, when operators in the Summerland Oil Field in Santa Barbara County followed the field into the ocean by drilling from piers built out over the ocean. Leasing California state seabed is controlled by the State Lands Commission, which halted further leasing of state offshore tracts after the Santa ...

  4. Pride International - Wikipedia

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    In 1997, the company acquired 12 rigs from Noble Corporation. [6] In 2001, the company acquired Marine Drilling. [7] In 2006, the company put executives on leave due to bribery allegations for rig contracts in Mexico and Venezuela. [8] In August 2009, the company spun off Seahawk Drilling, which owned 20 jackup rigs. [9]

  5. East Texas Oil Field - Wikipedia

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    Oil Field Scene, East Texas c. 1930 A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas. Several early attempts were made to produce oil in the area, beginning in 1911, with the failed Millville Oil Company, but drilling technology had not progressed sufficiently to reach oil at the depths it is found there, which are mainly below 3,501 feet (1,067 m); most early ...

  6. Offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico (United States)

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    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 when an explosion struck the rig, it occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect.Killing eleven people, it is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and sources estimated that between 134–206 million barrels of oil was released into the gulf.

  7. Texas drilling permit and completion statistics for June 2024

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    Jul. 8—AUSTIN — The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 715 original drilling permits in June 2024. The total includes 648 to drill new oil or gas wells, 5 to re-enter plugged ...

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