Researchers have found a way to enhance compressed-air energy storage (CAES) by utilizing geothermal heat in abandoned oil ...

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

An abandoned oil well in a remote Texas town has created a massive sinkhole on a family owned ranch. The Kelton Ranch is also ...

March, the sinkhole was roughly 200 feet in diameter and 40 feet deep, big enough to fit a four-story building.

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a process which captures carbon dioxide from industry emissions and injects the CO2 ...

Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a process which captures carbon dioxide from industry emissions and injects the CO2 deep into the ground via Class VI injection wells. It is an unproven ...

Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. A new study by ...

At some point the Radford Grocery well’s plug failed, creating a connection between the water table and the oil reservoir underground. Because the well was previously plugged and has no active ...

Carbon capture and sequestration is a process which captures carbon dioxide from industry emissions and injects the CO2 deep into the ground by way of Class VI injection wells. It is an unproven ...

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

Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very ...

Texas leads the United States in oil and gas production, including producing 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 27% of its natural gas in 2023. Yet its cornerstone industry could be straining the state ...