Pennsylvania Orphan or Abandoned Well Plugging Program (OAWPP) Funding
Pennsylvania’s Orphan or Abandoned Well Plugging Program funds projects to plug abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells. The goal is to reduce health, safety, and environmental risks caused by wells that were drilled long ago and are no longer actively managed. Funding is administered through the Commonwealth Financing Authority under the Marcellus Legacy Fund framework.
Act 13 of 2012 establishes the Marcellus Legacy Fund and allocates funds to the Commonwealth Financing Authority for funding orphan or abandoned well plugging projects using the Orphan or Abandoned Well Plugging Program (OAWP). Pennsylvania has hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells drilled …
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Construction of a stray gas mitigation system (which typically includes a methane vent stack and/or ventilation system); replugging improperly plugged and abandoned pre-Act wells; cleaning out and plugging abandoned oil and gas wells. Construction contingencies are limited to 5% of actual constr…
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