NEW YORK — There are tens of thousands of inactive offshore oil and gas wells that remain unplugged in the U.S., posing the risk of possible leaks into the ocean, according to new research.
Over 14,000 inactive oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico's offshore waters, inland waters and wetlands are unplugged, according to a study published in Nature Energy on Monday.
Oil and gas operations for offshore and coastal waters are much more expensive than onshore, Gregory Upton, interim executive director of Louisiana State University's Center for Energy Studies, told reporters during a news conference last Wednesday. "The shallower the water, the more likely there is to be some kind of, of environmental damage," Agerton said.
However, in some states, it is"fairly straightforward" to get an extension on plugging these wells, Agerton said.
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