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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Another orphaned oil well in West Texas erupted with black, salty water this month as state regulators struggle to address problems associated with oil field pollutants. The latest known leak ...

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 ...