oil and gas drilling

Thousands of oil wells have been abandoned in Oklahoma over the years. KOSU's Anna Pope visited three sites in the Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge to see how the Well Done Foundation plugs orphan oil wells.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond joined the challenge last year against Democrat-led states that filed lawsuits against fossil fuel entities like BP, Exxon Mobil and the American Petroleum Institute.

The state expected millions of dollars to plug wells abandoned by their owners. But the funds are in limbo under a new federal administration.

It took a man actively trying not to find oil to make the biggest oil discovery in U.S. history.

Researchers are looking into whether sites in Osage and Kay Counties can be used for permanent underground carbon storage.

Sometimes the signs that an old oil or gas well lies beneath the ground are subtle — a mysterious wet spot in a field, for example.

Construction on the Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline continued over the weekend. Crews have begun drilling under the Pedernales River in Fredericksburg.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KPR) -- The Kansas Corporation Commission is disputing a newspaper article about the number of abandoned oil and gas wells in the state. The Topeka Capital-Journal recently reported that the state has 22,000 abandoned wells. The article was also picked up by the Associated Press.

Hugh Fitzsimons III talks about his book, A Rock Between Two Rivers.

About 100 people gathered outside the Greeley Chamber of Commerce on Friday to protest a bill that could tighten regulations on the oil and gas industry...