Alaskans rip BLM over ‘legacy wells’

Hearing before a U.S. Senate committee elevates thorny issue to higher profile; federal official outlines near-term plugging plans

Wesley Loy

For Petroleum News

The issue of unplugged federal “legacy wells” on Alaska’s North Slope took on new prominence with a July 12 hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The committee’s top-ranking Republican, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and a pair of state officials used the hearing as a....

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The legacy wells

‘Out the yazoo’

Finding the money

Plugging plans