Across Texas, abandoned wells are erupting with chemical-infused liquid and some have created massive lakes of contaminated ...

The Texas General Land Office works with the commission to plug wells. The GLO even contributed $10 million from its budget to help with the railroad commission's well-plugging initiative.

Oil and gas wells are leaking in such spectacular fashion that on several occasions fixing a single well has become a ...

“Even the simplest well can take time,” said Nicholas Harrel, a state managed plugger with the Texas Railroad Commission. From the air, the wells look like pinpricks across the Texas landscap ...