By Shelby Webb
Three of the country’s largest fossil-fuel-producing states are considering new rules to prevent the abandonment of oil and gas wells.
Texas and Oklahoma’s legislatures for the first time could create restrictions on how long wells can be inactive or idled before operators must plug them. In New Mexico, the state’s oil and gas regulator is proposing new rules that would require operators to pay more in insurance to cover the cost of plugging abandoned wells.
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