NextLVL Energy Looks for, Fixes Methane Leaks in Old O&G Wells

NextLVL Energy, a Pittsburgh-based well plugging company, was founded by several former EQT Corporation executives following the change in power when the Rice boys took over at EQT. The company was formed to tackle the thorny issue of plugging old and abandoned oil and gas wells (mostly conventional wells). Pennsylvania alone has over 200,000 abandoned and orphaned O&G wells according to some estimates. NextLVL was a prescient move by the former EQT execs. Nearly $400 million from Biden's infrastructure bill is heading to PA alone over the next 10 years for the specific purpose of plugging old wells.

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