Drilling for oil and gas has a long history in the U.S., dating all the way back to 1859 when the first successful commercial oil well — the Drake Well — was drilled in northwestern Pennsylvania. This ...

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The Pennsylvania governor has been focused on filling abandoned wells, burnishing his green credentials as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to pick a running mate. CLARION COUNTY, Pennsylvania — ...

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Since the drilling of the first oil well in 1859, millions more oil and gas wells have been drilled across the nation. While oil and gas discovery brought in a new era of American energy by enabling ...

Bobby Wright says the seed of the idea was planted about a year and a half ago when he and his dad, Bob, were out on his grandparents’ ranch in Carter County, Oklahoma. Wright’s grandfather, Troy ...

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