The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was ...

The oil-filled hole around a plugged well on an Upton County ranch is one on a growing list of problems cropping up with old ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

An oilfield infrastructure company wants to use deep-well injection to sequester billions of barrels of oil sands mine water in underground reservoirs.

ODESSA — Abandoned oil wells have become an expensive and growing ... typically stored in deep underground rock formations, to burst onto the surface. Left ignored, these wells threaten ...

damage to drilling tools, and underground leaks. Chinese oil giants have stepped up domestic oil and gas exploration efforts due to national energy security concerns. The world’s second-largest ...

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