Regulators want bigger bonds from oil and gas drillers  Rapid City JournalState regulators will ask the Legislature to require bigger financial guarantees for oil and gas wells in response to a failed 40-well natural gas project in ... Read more …

NIDC digs 41 oil, gas wells in 4 months  Tehran TimesTEHRAN- National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) dug and completed digging operation of 41 oil and gas wells during the first four months of the current ... Read more http://www.tehrantimes.co …

State agencies at odds over new law to address 'orphan' oil wells  KTOOThis month, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission started requiring oil and gas companies to put up substantially higher bonds to cover the wells ... Read more https …

Bankrupt energy companies can’t abandon old oil wells, Supreme Court rules  Global NewsThe Supreme Court of Canada says the trustee for a bankrupt Alberta energy company cannot simply walk away from unprofitable wells on agricultural land ... Rea …

Aera Energy taps Cat Canyon oil project's environmental stewardship  Lompoc RecordA little over 100 years ago, as the northern Santa Barbara County oil rush was going strong, small companies began sinking wells in the then-recently ... Read more …

Aera Energy taps Cat Canyon oil project's environmental stewardship  Santa Maria TimesA little over 100 years ago, as the northern Santa Barbara County oil rush was going strong, small companies began sinking wells in the then-recently ... Read m …

Draft EIR on Aera Cat Canyon oil field project released for review  Lompoc RecordThe draft environmental impact report on the proposed Aera East Cat Canyon Oil Field Redevelopment Project has been released by the Santa Barbara County ... Read mo …

Wall Street JournalBig Oil's New Strategy: Smaller Wells, Smarter TechWall Street JournalFor years, big oil companies' strategy was rooted in tapping as much oil as possible with bigger, deeper, more complex wells. But, driven by a deep slump in oi …

Chron.comSaudi Arabia Secretly Targeting $80 OilOilPrice.comSaudi Arabia is likely targeting oil prices at $80 a barrel to boost the valuation of its oil giant Aramco ahead of its much-hyped IPO and to help finance increasingly ambitious domestic policy pl …

Greentech MediaEnlisting Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells as 'Electron Reserves'Greentech MediaDefinitive estimates are hard to come by, but according to one study, there could be at least 2.7 million inactive oil and gas wells in the United States. Wha …