Feds Finally Issue Initial $25M Each to PA, OH, WV for Orphan Wells

Apparently, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf told a fib on Feb. 1 of this year when he said PA had received an initial $25 million cash infusion from the federal government's new (so-called) infrastructure law for use in plugging orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells (see PA Receives First $25M (Out of $104M) to Plug Orphaned Wells). The Dept. of Interior issued a press release yesterday, nearly eight months later, to say 22 states have just been issued their first $25 million from the program--including Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

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