oil

Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies' "misrepresentations" about climate change.

Oklahomans get more than half the water they use from aquifers. But the same areas that hold those underground water supplies are also sprinkled with orphan oil wells.

The Senate Energy Committee passed the proposed legislation in a Thursday meeting.

More than three-quarters of U.S. wells make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of their small output. But they're a big deal to oil producers and environmentalists.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond joined the challenge last year against Democrat-led states that filed lawsuits against fossil fuel entities like BP, Exxon Mobil and the American Petroleum Institute.

The bills head for a vote on the House floor next.

Over the next four years, the Well Done Foundation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife will plug more than 100 orphan wells on public land.

The state expected millions of dollars to plug wells abandoned by their owners. But the funds are in limbo under a new federal administration.

Executive orders issued by President Donald Trump within hours of his inauguration indicate plans to expand fossil fuel production and lift regulations on producers.

Researchers are looking into whether sites in Osage and Kay Counties can be used for permanent underground carbon storage.