Register for the Webinar on Abandoned and Orphaned Oil and Natural Gas Wells

The next webinar in the HEI-Energy series, Energy Production and Human Health: Surveying Current Knowledge about Exposures from Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas Development (UOGD) is scheduled for November 30th. The webinar series will provide impartial information about human exposure and health effects associated with UOGD with two primary objectives:

• Inform policymakers, communities, and others making health-based decisions about UOGD.
• Raise the level of understanding of UOGD operations and help to ensure the utility and relevance of future human exposure and health research.

Webinar 4: November 30, 2021 at 11:30-1 PM ET

Human Exposure Research in a Cyclical Industry: Abandoned and Orphaned Oil and Natural Gas Wells

This new webinar, hosted by HEI Energy, will review the current understanding of the scale and location of abandoned and orphaned oil and natural gas wells across the United States, possible human exposures associated with releases to air and water from these wells, and the technology involved with properly abandoning oil and natural gas wells to prevent releases. All speakers will address the question of research needs to better understand and address exposures related to abandoned and orphaned wells. The primary goal is to inform policymakers, communities, and others making health-based decisions about unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD), as well as academics who must factor this information into their study designs to ensure the utility of their human exposure research.

More information is available here.