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 gush ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...