Mike Rowe and technician by a drilling platform

Our impact.

The people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas have voluntarily invested more than $160 million to clean up orphaned and abandoned well sites left by companies that no longer exist – more than 20,000 sites in all – at absolutely no cost to landowners.

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Making the land useful again.

This practical and economical four-step restoration process follows recognized environmental standards. Common restoration requirements include:

  • Removing or burying lease roads and location pads.
  • Removing equipment, concrete, trash and debris.
  • Repairing erosion and saltwater “scars” left on the land.
  • Treating hydrocarbons and closing pits.

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Before and after images of storage equipment and restored field
Before and after images of piles of concrete rubble and restored field
Before and after images of concrete pads and restored grassy field
Before and after images of washed-out gully and restored stream

The Deer Creek Public Schools, the Board of Education, Superintendent Becky Wilkinson and I extend our sincere appreciation to OERB for your excellent work in cleaning up our new middle school lot. The lot had a large amount of old oil field equipment and oil field pipes. The property now is clean, beautiful and ready for use. Again, a special thanks for your excellent work in restoring the site to a functional and useful property.

– Richard Vrooman, Director of Operations, DCPS, Edmond

Today’s industry is taking some responsibility even though the damage was done by others. I believe most landowners are skeptical this cleanup will occur with no cost to them. However, I contacted OERB after seeing a commercial and am very satisfied with the work they did for me.

– Jim King, Bartlesville

The OERB has done an excellent job on the cleanup of my property. The entire project from our original request to the finalized project was handled in a highly professional manner. Restoration of the site appears to be near perfect. Thank you for a job well done.

M.G. Whitmire, Tulsa

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