Settlement with West Virginia landowners will force nation’s …
Dec 9, 2024 · Under West Virginia law, any well that hasn’t been in production for 12 consecutive months is considered abandoned and must be promptly plugged by its operator.Of the more than 23,000 wells Diversified owns in West Virginia, roughly 2,200 of them are abandoned. The cleanup of abandoned wells has been a growing liability for the state as operators have walked away from their nonproducing ...
Abandoned natural gas wells to be plugged faster under terms of …
5 days ago · CHARLESTON — The nation’s largest owner of natural gas wells will have to more than quadruple the number of nonproducing wells it cleans up over the next decade as part of the...
WV settlement will force nation’s largest gas well owner to plug wells …
Dec 14, 2024 · The nation’s largest owner of natural gas wells will have to more than quadruple the number of nonproducing wells it cleans up over the next decade as part of the multimillion-dollar settlement secured by West Virginia landowners.
Court orders Diversified Energy to plug 2,600 nonproducing wells
Dec 24, 2024 · SALEM, Ohio — Diversified Energy Corporation will plug more than 2,000 wells over the next 10 years in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee in accordance with a ...
Settlement with West Virginia landowners will force nation’s …
Dec 12, 2024 · The nation’s largest owner of natural gas wells will have to more than quadruple the number of nonproducing wells it cleans up over the next decade as part of the multimillion-dollar settlement secured by West Virginia landowners.
Settlement with W.Va. landowners will force nation’s largest …
Dec 9, 2024 · West Virginia landowners reached a $6.5 million settlement with Diversified Energy Company after suing the company over its unplugged and abandoned wells.
Oil & Gas Well Dilemma Continues as More Wells are Being …
Aug 30, 2023 · Diversified could have 60,000 wells to plug and abandon throughout Appalachia at the end of consent agreements reached with regulators in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Ohio committing the company to decommissioning some 80 …
WV landowners reach $6.5M class-action settlement, well …
Nov 13, 2024 · CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia landowners have secured an agreement from the nation’s largest gas and oil well owner and largest gas producer to pay up to $6.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over thousands of unplugged wells.
WV landowners reach $6.5M class-action settlement, well …
Nov 13, 2024 · West Virginia landowners have secured an agreement from the nation’s largest gas and oil well owner and a prominent gas producer to pay up to $6.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over...
Court green-lights $6.5M class-action settlement, well-plugging …
Nov 15, 2024 · A federal court has advanced a proposed class-action settlement poised to benefit owners of surface interest in land in West Virginia in recent years with a well controlled by the nation’s...