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Abandoned oil wells spouting significant levels of methane, study finds

2014-06-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Tyee: A Princeton University study has found that leaks from abandoned oil and gas wellbores pose not only a risk to groundwater, but represent a growing threat to the climate. Between 200,000 and 970,000 abandoned wells in the state of Pennsylvania likely account for four to seven per cent of estimated man-made methane emissions in that jurisdiction, a source previously not accounted for, the study says. Pennsylvania, much like Alberta in Canada, is the oldest oil and gas producer in the United...

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