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AZ BIL orphan-well initial grant and 246-well starting inventory

Record

p09-AZ-rec-01

State

AZ

Category

funding · grant_award_summary

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

AZ-BIL-INITIAL-GRANT-2022

Fields

adeq grant clause

Funded by a $25 million grant awarded to ADEQ by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)

adeq page revised

Revised On: Sep. 18th, 2026 - 05:58 pm

doi headline

Arizona to Begin Work Plugging 246 Orphaned Wells Through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

grant amount

$25 million

grant terms

This work is being funded by a $25 million grant awarded to ADEQ on behalf of AZOGCC by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

initial inventory

Initial records research conducted in 2022 for the DOI grant application showed that Arizona may have 246 orphaned oil and gas wells

partnership

The Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is working in partnership with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to plug, abandon and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and well sites on State and private land across the state.

Evidence

1. partnership: The Arizona Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is working in partnership with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to plug, abandon and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and well sites on State and private land across the state.
   https://azogcc.az.gov/content/orphaned-oil-and-gas-well-program · program page lead paragraph (verbatim in evidence/p09-AZ-extracts.txt) · source p09-AZ-src-02 · visit p09-AZ-visit-04
2. grant terms: This work is being funded by a $25 million grant awarded to ADEQ on behalf of AZOGCC by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
   https://azogcc.az.gov/content/orphaned-oil-and-gas-well-program · program page funding sentence (verbatim in evidence/p09-AZ-extracts.txt) · source p09-AZ-src-02 · visit p09-AZ-visit-04
3. grant amount: $25 million
   https://azogcc.az.gov/content/orphaned-oil-and-gas-well-program · funding sentence, amount clause (verbatim in evidence/p09-AZ-extracts.txt) · source p09-AZ-src-02 · visit p09-AZ-visit-04
4. initial inventory: Initial records research conducted in 2022 for the DOI grant application showed that Arizona may have 246 orphaned oil and gas wells
   https://azogcc.az.gov/content/orphaned-oil-and-gas-well-program · program page inventory sentence (verbatim in evidence/p09-AZ-extracts.txt) · source p09-AZ-src-02 · visit p09-AZ-visit-04
5. adeq grant clause: Funded by a $25 million grant awarded to ADEQ by the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI)
   https://azdeq.gov/orphanedwells · ADEQ page partnership paragraph (verbatim in evidence/p09-AZ-extracts.txt) · source p09-AZ-src-01 · visit p09-AZ-visit-01
6. adeq page revised: Revised On: Sep. 18th, 2026 - 05:58 pm
   https://azdeq.gov/orphanedwells · page revision stamp (verbatim in evidence/p09-AZ-extracts.txt) · source p09-AZ-src-01 · visit p09-AZ-visit-01
7. doi headline: Arizona to Begin Work Plugging 246 Orphaned Wells Through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
   https://edit.doi.gov/node/43481 · page title, body truncated in nav (verbatim in evidence/p09-AZ-extracts.txt) · source p09-AZ-src-05 · visit p09-AZ-visit-08

Provenance

Collected 2026-10-05 by agent p09-AZ.