TN orphan/abandoned well plugging outcomes (Big South Fork NPS/TDEC)

Record: p09-TN-rec-02
State: TN
Category: outcomes · program_outcome
Status: collected
Period: current
Quality: Unreviewed
Review state: Pending review
Native ID: TN-BISO-PLUG-OUTCOMES

Fields

biso bil six wells: The NPS plans to plug six of these orphaned wells in Big South Fork with just over a million dollars from that law.
biso ira six sites: The Big South Fork project will plug and reclaim six orphaned well sites throughout the park in Tennessee and Kentucky.
contractor 2012: Miller Energy Resources was selected by TDEC to perform well plugging operations.
ea cooperative: implemented through a cooperative agreement with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Pollution Control (TDEC, WPC)
nps bil 2022: the NPS received about $9.8 million in 2022 to find and inspect oil and natural gas sites on their land and plug and reclaim the orphaned ones
parks well inventory: have over 300 oil and gas wells total throughout the parks
project 2012 funding: The project will be completed with federal funds through a cooperative agreement with TDEC.
release date 2012: March 2, 2012
wells 2012 count: fourteen abandoned oil and gas wells
wells ea count: plans to plug eleven abandoned oil and gas wells

Evidence

wells 2012 count: fourteen abandoned oil and gas wells
https://www.nps.gov/biso/learn/news/plugging-of-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-to-continue-in-big-south-fork.htm · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [NPS] release body quote · source p09-TN-src-03 · visit p09-TN-visit-03
project 2012 funding: The project will be completed with federal funds through a cooperative agreement with TDEC.
https://www.nps.gov/biso/learn/news/plugging-of-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-to-continue-in-big-south-fork.htm · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [NPS] release body quote · source p09-TN-src-03 · visit p09-TN-visit-03
contractor 2012: Miller Energy Resources was selected by TDEC to perform well plugging operations.
https://www.nps.gov/biso/learn/news/plugging-of-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-to-continue-in-big-south-fork.htm · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [NPS] release body quote · source p09-TN-src-03 · visit p09-TN-visit-03
release date 2012: March 2, 2012
https://www.nps.gov/biso/learn/news/plugging-of-abandoned-oil-and-gas-wells-to-continue-in-big-south-fork.htm · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [NPS] release dateline · source p09-TN-src-03 · visit p09-TN-visit-03
wells ea count: plans to plug eleven abandoned oil and gas wells
https://planning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?ProjectID=18979 · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [PEPC] EA summary quote · source p09-TN-src-04 · visit p09-TN-visit-04
ea cooperative: implemented through a cooperative agreement with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Pollution Control (TDEC, WPC)
https://planning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?ProjectID=18979 · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [PEPC] EA summary quote · source p09-TN-src-04 · visit p09-TN-visit-04
parks well inventory: have over 300 oil and gas wells total throughout the parks
https://hellbenderpress.sustainably.org/news/federal-law-helping-parks-avoid-gas-s-release · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [HELLB] article body quote · source p09-TN-src-05 · visit p09-TN-visit-05
nps bil 2022: the NPS received about $9.8 million in 2022 to find and inspect oil and natural gas sites on their land and plug and reclaim the orphaned ones
https://hellbenderpress.sustainably.org/news/federal-law-helping-parks-avoid-gas-s-release · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [HELLB] article body quote · source p09-TN-src-05 · visit p09-TN-visit-05
biso bil six wells: The NPS plans to plug six of these orphaned wells in Big South Fork with just over a million dollars from that law.
https://hellbenderpress.sustainably.org/news/federal-law-helping-parks-avoid-gas-s-release · evidence/p09-TN-notes.txt [HELLB] article body quote · source p09-TN-src-05 · visit p09-TN-visit-05
biso ira six sites: The Big South Fork project will plug and reclaim six orphaned well sites throughout the park in Tennessee and Kentucky.
https://www.sustainably.org/itemlist/category/39-news?start=392 · searches.jsonl se-tn0000000000000000000001 Hellbender listing snippet · source p09-TN-src-16 · visit p09-TN-visit-16

Provenance

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