The Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation told its staff last week to proceed with a change of operator request for the Well-Done Foundation that wants to take over 68 orphan oil and gas wells and intends to plug them. The Shelby-based nonprofit organization says that the move will save taxpayers more than $2 million that Montana would nee...
Infrastructure Invests In Treating Abandoned Wells
Montana will get $26 million from the infrastructure law to address abandoned oil wells. Curtis Shuck is chairman of the Well-Done Foundation a nonprofit based in Shelby that is plugging wells across the country. He says operations can vary between wells.
Montana Receives Funding For Abandoned Oil Wells
The Biden Administration has announced more than $1.1 billion for 26 states including $26 million for Montana to address abandoned methane-leaking orphan oil wells. Curtis Shuck is Chairman of the Well-Done Foundation a nonprofit based in Shelby that is plugging wells across the country. His organization approached the Montana Board of Oil and...
National Group Caps Montana Wells To Cut Carbon Emissions
The Well-Done Foundation is a nonprofit group that caps wells across the nation and now the organization Is making an impact in Montana one well at a time having plugged 14 holes so far contracting with oil riggers and others to do the work. Capping a dozen wells eliminates the carbon dioxide equivalent of 108,740 passenger cars over 10 years ...