Orphaned Oil Well Cleanup Expands on Federal Public Lands

Well Done Foundation plugging away in Deep Fork NWR

Well Done Foundation (WDF), a national nonprofit whose mission is to plug orphaned oil and gas wells across the United States, this week announced the completion of the fifth well in the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge Project with MPB Oil & Gas Deep Fork Plugging Division and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). This initiative focuses on plugging more than 110 orphaned oil and gas wells and reclaiming the well sites that will protect…

Orphaned Oil Well Cleanup Expands on Federal Public Lands

A large-scale environmental remediation effort is underway through a public-private initiative. The Well Done Foundation (WDF), in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is working to decommission more than 110 orphaned oil and gas wells across four National Wildlife Refuges. As part of this collaboration, WDF recently marked a major milestone: the successful plugging of its 50th orphaned well nationwide—and its first in Oklahoma. …