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Mississippi $6.8M first-phase formula grant

Record

p09-MS-rec-02

State

MS

Category

funding · funding_envelope

Status

observed

Period

current

Quality

Press of release

Review state

Pending review

Native ID

MS-DOI-FORMULA-PHASE1-2024

Fields

award amount

$6.8 million

grant phase

first-phase formula grant, 2024-04-26

undocumented well work

continue identifying, characterizing, prioritizing previously undocumented wells

well sites

~400 orphaned well sites

Evidence

1. award amount: $6.8 million
   https://www.rigzone.com/news/doi_earmarks_37mm_to_plug_orphan_wells_in_3_states-26-apr-2024-176556-article/ · article body paragraph 4 · source p09-MS-src-06 · visit p09-MS-visit-06
2. well sites: plugging, remediation and restoration work on approximately 400 orphaned well sites
   https://www.rigzone.com/news/doi_earmarks_37mm_to_plug_orphan_wells_in_3_states-26-apr-2024-176556-article/ · article body paragraph 4 · source p09-MS-src-06 · visit p09-MS-visit-06
3. grant phase: first phase of formula grant funding; $36.9M to KY/MS/MO (2024-04-26)
   https://www.rigzone.com/news/doi_earmarks_37mm_to_plug_orphan_wells_in_3_states-26-apr-2024-176556-article/ · article body paragraph 2 · source p09-MS-src-06 · visit p09-MS-visit-06

Provenance

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