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MI orphan-well plugging progress (2023-2025)

Record

p09-MI-rec-02

State

MI

Category

outcomes · program_outcomes

Status

collected

Period

current

Quality

Unreviewed

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

MI-ORPHAN-PROGRESS-2025

Fields

active wells

over 9,300 wells

eoy addressed

292

eoy inventory

570

methane avoided

11.530 metric tons

mi plugged share

200 of which were in Michigan

orphan count fall2024

about 230 orphan wells

wells plugged 2023

In 2023 alone, 200 wells have been plugged.

Evidence

1. mi plugged share: 200 of which were in Michigan
   https://www.rigzone.com/news/michigan_receives_59mm_in_doi_funding_for_cleanup_of_orphaned_wells-01-apr-2024-176247-article/ · article body (plugging tally paragraph) · source p09-MI-src-03 · visit p09-MI-visit-03
2. methane avoided: 11.530 metric tons
   https://www.rigzone.com/news/michigan_receives_59mm_in_doi_funding_for_cleanup_of_orphaned_wells-01-apr-2024-176247-article/ · article body (plugging tally paragraph) · source p09-MI-src-03 · visit p09-MI-visit-03
3. orphan count fall2024: about 230 orphan wells
   https://greatlakesecho.org/2024/10/01/michigan-pushes-to-plug-orphan-oil-wells/ · article body (lead) · source p09-MI-src-04 · visit p09-MI-visit-04
4. active wells: over 9,300 wells
   https://greatlakesecho.org/2024/10/01/michigan-pushes-to-plug-orphan-oil-wells/ · article body (lead) · source p09-MI-src-04 · visit p09-MI-visit-04
5. eoy addressed: 292
   https://www.michigan.gov/egle/-/media/Project/Websites/egle/Documents/Offices/Executive/Report-2025-EOY.pdf · search-result snippet (PDF, unfetched) · source p09-MI-src-13 · visit p09-MI-visit-13
6. eoy inventory: 570
   https://www.michigan.gov/egle/-/media/Project/Websites/egle/Documents/Offices/Executive/Report-2025-EOY.pdf · search-result snippet (PDF, unfetched) · source p09-MI-src-13 · visit p09-MI-visit-13
7. wells plugged 2023: In 2023 alone, 200 wells have been plugged.
   https://www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroom/mi-environment/2023/12/13/by-the-numbers-video-highlights-steady-progress-in-plugging-orphan-wells · search-result snippet (page unvisited) · source p09-MI-src-18 · visit p09-MI-visit-18

Provenance

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