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WELL DONE FOUNDATION AND HB2 ORIGINATION EXPAND PROGRAM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oil and Gas Operator to Partner with Conservation NGO to Identify and Plug Additional Orphaned Oil Wells Shelby, MT – July 7,…
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Capping methane-spewing oil wells, one hole at a time
Across the U.S., abandoned wells are belching the powerful greenhouse gas. This nonprofit aims to plug them to fight global warming. TOOLE COUNTY, Mont. —…
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Restoring land around abandoned oil and gas wells would free up millions of acres of forests, farmlands and grasslands
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan proposes to spend US$16 billion plugging old oil and gas wells and cleaning up abandoned mines. But there’s no authoritative measure of how many…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL PLUGGING INITIATIVES
Anderson Lease, Located in Northern Montana’s Toole County, to be funded by HB2 Origination, LLC Shelby, MT – June 8, 2021 – The Well Done…
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Insight Out with Assaad Mohanna | Curtis Shuck of the Well Done Foundation
Curtis Shuck, Chairman of the Well Done Foundation (WDF), has made it his mission to qualify, adopt, and plug orphaned wells across the United States.…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS IN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA, LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Appalachian Legacy Project LLC and OFX Solutions LLC will Expand Well Done Foundation’s Ecosystem into the Northeast and South, Areas with…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION, PACIFIC STEEL & RECYCLING ANNOUNCE PLUGGING OF FIFTH ORPHANED OIL WELL SCHEDULED FOR EARTH DAY 2021
Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of Its First Project, WDF and Pacific Will Plug and Restore the Surface Area of 97-Year-Old Anderson #1 Shelby, MT –…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION TO KICK-OFF CAMPAIGN ON EARTH DAY TO PLUG 30 WELLS IN 2021
Commemorated by the Plugging of Anderson #1, Toole County’s Oldest Orphaned Oil, and Funded by Pacific Steel & Recycling, the April 22 Kickoff will Include…
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Radicle and Well Done Foundation Partner to Plug 30 Orphaned Oil Wells in Montana this Year, Setting the Stage to Expand the WDF Initiative Throughout North America
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Radicle to Fund WDF’s Campaign through Sale of Carbon Offsets, Creating a Scalable Template Calgary, Alberta – Feb. 2, 2021 –Today, Radicle…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION APPOINTS U.S. SKI TEAM CHAMPION TO POSITION OF GLOBAL WINTER SPORTS CLIMATE BENEFIT REPRESENTATIVE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two-Time National Slalom Champion Luke D. Winters will Serve as Brand Ambassador for Montana-Based Conservation NGO to Encourage and Set an Example…
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Dangerous Orphans
Horse & Style Magazine interviews the WDF’s Kerri Kent about why she’s chosen to get involved in the fight against climate change.
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Abandonment Issues
The number of abandoned oil and gas wells is on the verge of exploding. These industry insiders want to be part of the solution.
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION ISSUES ITS FIRST CLIMATE BENEFIT UNITS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Great Falls-Based Pacific Steel & Recycling is the First Montana Business to Purchase Well Done Carbon Offsets Great Falls, MT – Nov.…
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Montana Tech Talk with Well Done
October 22, 2020 The Well Done Foundation will be presenting an overview of their Montana #1 Project to the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) at…
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Anderson #7 Orphan Well Update
Anderson #7 Orphan Well Update October 18, 2020 Thanks to the generous support of New York Businessman, Mr. Joel Citron, the Anderson #7 Well was plugged…
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Check out the Well Done Foundation’s Carbon Elimination Scorecard
Check out the Well Done Foundation’s Carbon Elimination Scorecard As of October 18, 2020 Each orphan well plugged by the Well Done Foundation delivers the immediate…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THIRD WELL ADOPTION AND PLUGGING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anderson #7, Located in Northern Montana’s Toole County, has been Adopted by New York Executive and Investor Joel Citron Shelby, MT –…
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Radicle and Well Done Foundation Set Out to Create Ground-Breaking Emissions Offset Project for Abandoned Wells
Unique partnership focuses on generating emissions offsets to plug and cap orphaned and abandoned well sites FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calgary, Alberta – Sept. 23, 2020…
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Well Done Foundation attracts another high-profile partner
The Well Done Foundation, started this year by former Red River Oil manager Curtis Schuck, has attracted another high-profile partner for its efforts to plug…
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Well Done: The foundation plugging abandoned oil wells in Montana
Montana may be known for its stunning grass plains, but what most people don’t know is that there are many unplugged oil wells across the…
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Who’s minding Montana’s abandoned oil and gas wells?
Left-behind extraction wells pollute after drilling and pumping stops. One foundation gets proactive.
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Well Done Foundation sets out to cut emissions from abandoned wells
TOOLE COUNTY — An abandoned or orphaned oil well is a well that was once used by oil and gas drilling companies to retrieve those…
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How Montana Is Cleaning Up Abandoned Oil Wells
How Montana Is Cleaning Up Abandoned Oil Wells A farmer for most of his life, Sam Stewart bought farmland in Montana about 35 years ago. Since…
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Well Done Foundation attracts another high-profile partner
The Well Done Foundation, started this year by former Red River Oil manager Curtis Schuck, has attracted another high-profile partner for its efforts to plug…
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FOUNDER OF INDUSTRY-LEADING EQUESTRIAN APPAREL COMPANY JOINS WELL DONE FOUNDATION’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADOPTS ORPHANED OIL WELL IN MONTANA
FOUNDER OF INDUSTRY-LEADING EQUESTRIAN APPAREL COMPANY JOINS WELL DONE FOUNDATION’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ADOPTS ORPHANED OIL WELL IN MONTANA Kerri Kent, Who Started Kerrits Performance…
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The Coronavirus Recovery Needs a Green New Deal
The Coronavirus Recovery Needs a Green New Deal Curtis Shuck spends a lot of time driving around the West, looking to fix century-old environmental mistakes.…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION, PACIFIC STEEL & RECYCLING ANNOUNCE “POUND FOR POUND” GREENHOUSE GAS OFFSET PARTNERSHIP
WELL DONE FOUNDATION, PACIFIC STEEL & RECYCLING ANNOUNCE “POUND FOR POUND” GREENHOUSE GAS OFFSET PARTNERSHIP Pacific Steel to Purchase One Climate Benefit Unit Through Well…
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Big Sky Country’s climate vigilante
Big Sky Country’s climate vigilante It’s Friday, May 29, and this former oil man is fighting climate change one abandoned oil well at a time.…
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Shuck begins Well Done Foundation to help plug orphaned, abandoned wells in Montana, North Dakota, and other states
Two orphaned wells that were just plugged in Montana are the latest of seven wells plugged by the Well Done Foundation, a relatively new nonprofit that’s being led by an old, familiar face in the Bakken.
Curtis Shuck, formerly manager of Red River Oil in Williston, has founded a nonprofit dedicated to plugging old and abandoned oil wells, inspired after seeing dozens of dormant oil wells while driving back and forth in Montana.
Read the entire story here.
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Nonprofit To Close A Third of Montana’s Orphaned Oil, Gas Wells
Nonprofit To Close A Third of Montana’s Orphaned Oil, Gas Wells A Montana nonprofit is at the beginning of closing roughly a third of Montana’s…
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Bozeman company plugging dormant oil wells, removing greenhouse gases
Curtis Shuck took the 250-plus mile drive from Shelby to Bozeman last August and couldn’t get the images out of his head. On his way, he passed oil wells that had been dormant for decades.
After working more than 30 years in the oil and gas industry, he knew those wells were still emitting greenhouse gases.
“There’s got to be a way to figure this out and put a program together,” Shuck thought to himself. “That was really the driver, seeing that and knowing that we can do better.”
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Shuck: More than 3 Million Abandoned Wells in US
Shuck: More than 3 Million Abandoned Wells in US TheCrudeLife.com – May 28, 2020 Curtis Shuck, Well Done Foundation, gives some history of the abandon and…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES TWO NEW ORPHANED OIL WELL ADOPTIONS
WELL DONE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES TWO NEW ORPHANED OIL WELL ADOPTIONS Both Located in Montana’s Toole County, Neither Well Has Produced Oil Since the Late 1980s…
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WELL DONE FOUNDATION SUCCESSFULLY PLUGS AND ABANDONS INAUGURAL ADOPTED ORPHAN OIL WELL IN TOOLE COUNTY
WELL DONE FOUNDATION SUCCESSFULLY PLUGS AND ABANDONS INAUGURAL ADOPTED ORPHAN OIL WELL IN TOOLE COUNTY The Bozeman-Based NGO, in Partnership with Both Industry and Conservation…
Our Daily Bread…
Our Daily Bread march 10, 2020 Bet you didn’t know… that in addition to eliminating powerful greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that the plugging and restoration…
Anderson #1
Anderson #1 Toole County, Montana Well Summary The Anderson #1 Oil Well in Northern Toole County, Montana was positioned at 3,530’ above Sea Level on…
Big West Anderson #3
Big West Anderson #3 toole county, Montana Well Summary The Big West Anderson #3 Oil Well is positioned at 3,541’ above Sea Level at Township…