There are 14,000 unplugged oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico – oil leaks from these could harm marine ecosystems and seawater seeping into them could leech into freshwater aquifers
More than 14,000 inactive oil and gas wells remain uncapped in the Gulf of Mexico. Leaks from the wells could harm marine ecosystems and add to planet-warming methane emissions, but plugging them would cost billions.at the University of California, Davis, and his colleagues collected data from the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on the 82,000 wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico.
Operators are legally required to plug wells once they are taken out of production, which usually involves a cement cap covered with sediment. A little over 5000 wells remain active.Oil leaking out of the wells, especially those nearest shore, could harm marine ecosystems. Wells near shore may also
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