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Kentucky to Begin Work Plugging More Than 1,000 Orphaned Wells Through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
August 27, 2022
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2022:

The Department of the Interior today announced that Kentucky has been awarded an initial grant of $25 million from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to begin work to plug, cap and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells across the state.

The state of Kentucky has indicated that it will utilize this funding to plug between 1,000 and 1,200 docume . . .

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