AL orphan-well plugging progress (Dec 2025)

Record: p09-AL-rec-02
State: AL
Category: outcomes · program_outcome
Status: collected
Period: current
Quality: Unreviewed
Review state: Pending review
Native ID: AL-ORPHAN-PROGRESS-2025-12

Fields

orphans reported to doi: 91
report date: 2025-12-05
solicitation closed: 2025-05-27
solicitation published: 2025-05-07
true orphans remaining: about 10 with no findable operator or responsible party
wells identified additional: 38 more, mostly in North Alabama
wells original proposal: 28 wells in original grant proposal
wells plugged to date: 4

Evidence

wells plugged to date: 4
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7170735/Alabama/State-Oil-and-Gas-Board-extends-federal-grant-work-to-plug-orphan-wells-38-additional-sites-identified?loc=AL&source=bluesky · lead paragraph · source p09-AL-src-06 · visit p09-AL-visit-06
wells identified additional: 38 more, mostly in North Alabama
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7170735/Alabama/State-Oil-and-Gas-Board-extends-federal-grant-work-to-plug-orphan-wells-38-additional-sites-identified?loc=AL&source=bluesky · lead paragraph · source p09-AL-src-06 · visit p09-AL-visit-06
wells original proposal: 28 wells in original grant proposal
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7170735/Alabama/State-Oil-and-Gas-Board-extends-federal-grant-work-to-plug-orphan-wells-38-additional-sites-identified?loc=AL&source=bluesky · search snippet (staff quote) · source p09-AL-src-06 · visit p09-AL-visit-06
report date: 2025-12-05
https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7170735/Alabama/State-Oil-and-Gas-Board-extends-federal-grant-work-to-plug-orphan-wells-38-additional-sites-identified?loc=AL&source=bluesky · byline date · source p09-AL-src-06 · visit p09-AL-visit-06
orphans reported to doi: 91
https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-the-infrastructure-law-creates-state-oil-winners-and-losers/ · search snippet · source p09-AL-src-07 · visit p09-AL-visit-07
true orphans remaining: about 10 with no findable operator or responsible party
https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-the-infrastructure-law-creates-state-oil-winners-and-losers/ · search snippet (Rogers quote) · source p09-AL-src-07 · visit p09-AL-visit-07
solicitation published: 2025-05-07
https://www.bidnetdirect.com/alabama/solicitations/open-bids/statewide/Plug-abandon-restore-orphaned-abandoned-oil-gas-wells/443505608992?origin=0&target=view · Publication Date field · source p09-AL-src-08 · visit p09-AL-visit-08
solicitation closed: 2025-05-27
https://www.bidnetdirect.com/alabama/solicitations/open-bids/statewide/Plug-abandon-restore-orphaned-abandoned-oil-gas-wells/443505608992?origin=0&target=view · Closing Date field · source p09-AL-src-08 · visit p09-AL-visit-08

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-04 by agent p09-AL.