As two oil refineries prepare to close in California within the next year, some Democratic state lawmakers on Wednesday ...

July 13 (Reuters) - California ... the center of the state's oil industry. CalGEM is processing far more approvals to permanently close wells than for any other activity, the agency said.

The California Department of Conservation is facing heavy criticism after it determined a colossal merger of two oil and gas companies is exempt from a state law designed to ensure depleted wells ...

California will receive more than $35 million in federal funding to help address the scourge of abandoned oil wells that are leaking dangerous chemicals and planet-warming methane in areas across ...

Full financial assurances from buyers for well clean-up costs have stalled all 37 proposed oil well sales in 2023. 41% of California's wells are idle or orphaned, with clean-up costs estimated at ...

California Resources Corporation filed a $30 million bond for cleanup costs with the state in December 2023, the maximum amount under the law at the time. Meanwhile, the state is taking more steps ...

A person looks over the Chevron Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield on May 9, 2023. The California Independent ... The 2022 law, SB 1137, banned new oil wells and re-drills within 3,200 feet ...

Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. California will accelerate cleanup of the state’s idle oil wells, shut down one low-producing oilfield and allow cities and ...

Gonzalez, a Democrat from Long Beach, has expressed frustration at the delay and the toll it will take on communities affected by California oil wells, noting that if state agencies are ...

For years, large drillers in California sold unprofitable wells to smaller companies willing to wring the last drops of oil out of them. The process essentially kicked the cost of cleaning up oil ...

California will accelerate cleanup of the state’s idle oil wells, shut down one low-producing oilfield and allow cities and counties to restrict oil drilling under three measures that Gov. Gavin ...