More than 4,600 abandoned oil and gas sites in Louisiana await taxpayer-funded cleanups
Abandoned oil well office now open



More than 4,600 abandoned oil and gas sites in Louisiana await taxpayer-funded cleanups

Atchafalaya and other national wildlife refuges have leaky wells that taint waterways

Louisiana in line for $25 million in federal funds for abandoned well cleanup

State has more than 4,600 abandoned and often leaky wells

Mitch Landrieu announces $4.7 billion plan to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells

Responsibility for cast-off wells, pipelines could fall to other companies and taxpayers

The Louisiana House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill to exempt oil production from abandoned wells from severance tax