Well blowouts and wastewater injection, West Texas
Coverage of the Geophysical Research Letters study linking oil well blowouts in the Permian Basin to wastewater injection, and of leaking and erupting abandoned wells in the region.
The paper: Geophysical Research Letters, 2024
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Bloomberg 16 September 2025
Texas Oil Boom Spawns a Toxic Crisis of the Industry’s Own Making
Crowley, K.; Wethe, D.; Merrill, D.
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Newsweek 4 November 2024
Well Blowouts in Texas Prompt $100M Emergency Funding Plea
Chowdhury, S.
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Houston Chronicle 16 October 2024
Who’s to blame for the geyser still erupting in West Texas? Documents start to unravel mystery.
Drane, A.
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DeSmog 4 October 2024
Blowout Erupts in West Texas’s Permian Basin, Creating 100-Foot Tower of Oily Water
Kelly, S.
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Houston Chronicle 20 August 2024
A zombie well apocalypse is coming for the Permian Basin. Texas regulators are not keeping up.
Tomlinson, C.
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Reuters 14 August 2024
Texas oil regulator under scrutiny as zombie wells gush back to life.
Volcovici, V.
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Fast Company 14 August 2024
Zombie oil wells are springing back to life in Texas. Here’s why.
Volcovici, V.
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Houston Chronicle 8 August 2024
Study: More well blowouts to come.
Drane, A.
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Inside Climate News 7 August 2024
Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection.
Baddour, D.
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The Texas Tribune 7 August 2024
Ranchers reported abandoned oil wells spewing wastewater. A new study blames fracking.
Ramos, N.C.; Baddour, D.
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The Texas Tribune 29 February 2024
Ramos, N.C.; Pskowski, M.
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Inside Climate News 29 February 2024
West Texas Orphan Wells Are Leaking With Unknown Harms.
Pskowski, M.