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There are more than 270,000 oil and natural gas wells across Ohio. Many of them (most) are conventional wells. Many (most) are also old (the first well was drilled in 1860). Some 80,000 of Ohio's O&G wells are Clinton sandstone wells. Half of those, roughly 40,000, are inactive and many are "in a state of disrepair." Rachel Wagoner, a journalist with Farm and Dairy Magazine, spent more than six months investigating Ohio's old and abandoned oil and gas wells. She recently published an extensive report that finds some companies that own some of the wells simply ignore them and don't/won't fix them. Some companies take so long to respond when asked to address problems, it's the same thing as refusing to fix them. In some cases, the unfixed wells are causing problems for landowners and nearby residents.
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