华盛顿，宾夕法尼亚州(10月. 2021年8月25日-华盛顿 & 澳门葡京博彩软件 Center for 能源 Policy and 管理 (CEPM) will host a free webinar on “Abandoned and Orphan Wells: An Expensive Environmental Legacy” at 11 a.m. 11月. 10.
The webinar will be presented by 赛斯Pelepko, Subsurface Activities Division Manager for the Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program 管理 at Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Titan 能源 Solutions of Southpointe is the event sponsor.
It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania since the industry’s birth in 1859. Although owners and operators are legally responsible for plugging wells when oil and gas production ends, this does not always happen. In addition to the wells that were drilled prior to regulations pertaining to well decommissioning, there are instances in which an oil and gas company files for bankruptcy protection or moves out of the state, leaving its wells abandoned.
不止8个,000 wells in the DEP’s database, but research suggests there could be as many as 200,000. At a conservative cost of $33,000 to plug an abandoned well, DEP’s liability ranges between $280 million to several billion. While the state adds a modest surcharge on drilling permits to fund plugging activities and requires a bond, 这个数量是不够的. Leaking wells are an environmental and health hazard, putting the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere and groundwater.
赛斯Pelepko currently serves as the Subsurface Activities Division Manager for DEP’s Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program 管理. He has worked in this capacity for more than five years and has been with the Office of Oil and Gas 管理 for 10 years. His areas of expertise include stray gas migration casework, gas and oil well integrity, 以及遗产井话题.
To register for this webinar, which is open to the public, please register on Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/abandoned-and-orphan-wells-an-expensive-environmental-legacy-tickets-196062286577.
The seminar is approved for Continuing Legal Education in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Contact the 华盛顿县 Bar Association at wcba@washcobar.网站查询资料.
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