Resources

Sierra Club

The $23 billion question: What created California’s orphan and idle well crisis and how to solve it

FracTracker

Assessment of Oil and Gas Well Ownership Transfers in CA

CalGEM

Idle Well Program

Carbon Tracker

Dwayne Purvis. “There Will Be Blood: Decommissioning California’s Oilfields.”

California Code

California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 3206

Wes Venteicher, Politico.

PLUGGING AWAY: California Climate.

Assembly Bill

Assembly Bill 2729 (2016)

Audacy KNX

Calif. is home to more than 41K idle oil wells - who's responsible for cleanup?

Taylor O'Connor, Santa Maria Sun.

Sierra Club report highlights need for idle oil wells policy change.

California Code

California Code, Public Resources Code - PRC § 3237

Erin Stone, LAist.

Idle Oil Wells Are A Problem For Health And Climate. Who Should Pay For Cleaning Them Up?

OPED: Haley Ehlers, VC Star.

Aera can and should pay for the remediation of its idle oil wells in Ventura County.