A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was originally drilled as an oil well in the 1950s and later converted to a ...

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 ...

More than three-quarters of U.S. oil wells, collectively, make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of how small their output is. But they're a big deal.

Paleogene-age Wilcox reservoirs extend from onshore to deepwater offshore Gulf of Mexico. Discovery wells delineated the play ...

Oil and gas company Civitas is making way on the Lowry Ranch Comprehensive Area Plan, which will guide drilling in Arapahoe ...

ROBINOWITZ: A reservoir is like a balloon. You pull out the oil, there's less energy to drive the oil, gas and water to the wellbore. DOMONOSKE: Old wells and depleted reservoirs drip rather than ...