An oil well worker helps to re-plug an abandoned well on the ranch of Ashley Williams Watt, Friday, July 9, 2021, near Crane, Texas. The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority derelict oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land, the department said Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
By Janet Mcconnaughey Associated Press With 1,196 wells to address, State of Oklahoma to get share of funds NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Interior Department…
