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Wiredscience60 days ago
Oklahoma House Passes Bill Allowing Conversion of Orphan Oil Wells to Geothermal or Energy Storage
The legislation would allow companies to buy abandoned wells for geothermal energy or underground storage as states seek alternatives to plugging more than 20,000 orphan sites that could take 235 years to address. Similar measures have passed recently in New Mexico, Alabama, Nort…