{"id":2288,"date":"2024-01-15T12:11:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/shale-gas\/abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:29:52","slug":"abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/energy\/shale-gas-and-groundwater\/abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned hydrocarbon wells"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Abandoned hydrocarbon wells<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/energy\/shale-gas-and-groundwater\/abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Abandoned%20hydrocarbon%20wells&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/energy\/shale-gas-and-groundwater\/abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/energy\/shale-gas-and-groundwater\/abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Abandoned%20hydrocarbon%20wells&#038;body=Investigating%20the%20effects%20of%20abandoned%20onshore%20hydrocarbon%20wells%20on%20groundwater%20quality.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/energy\/shale-gas-and-groundwater\/abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/energy\/shale-gas-and-groundwater\/abandoned-hydrocarbon-wells\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>BGS worked together with the Environment Agency (EA) to investigate whether any evidence exists for effects of abandoned hydrocarbon wells on groundwater quality in England. Over the period 2016 to 2017, we evaluated groundwater quality in shallow aquifers above selected sites where abandoned hydrocarbon wells are known to exist.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/geograph-5543400-by-Chris.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"an aerial view over flat, beige and green fields\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/geograph-5543400-by-Chris.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Glentworth and Hemswell Cliff in Lincolnshire host a number of abandoned and active oil wells. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the UK, around 2000 hydrocarbon wells are recorded on Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS, now the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero) databases, including conventional oil and gas, mine gas and coal-bed methane wells. Of these, some 1500 are no longer active. The distribution of abandoned wells in England has been evaluated in relation to existence of overlying usable aquifers&nbsp;(as designated by the EA), in order to assess the potential for vulnerability to contamination from deep hydrocarbon sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We evaluated existing spatial and temporal data for groundwater quality (organic and inorganic chemistry) from the EA databases in areas with recorded, abandoned hydrocarbon wells. We also selected four sites for further water and soil-gas sampling and detailed investigation. The selected hydrocarbon wells are from a combination of conventional oil and gas fields and are overlain by varied aquifer types (Cretaceous chalk, Jurassic limestone, Carboniferous sandstone and Cretaceous sandstone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further reading<\/h2>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Report<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bell, R A, Bearcock, J M, Bowes, M J, Milne, C J, Scheidegger, J M, White, D, Taylor, H, Lister, T R, Smedley, P L, and Ward, R S. 2018.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/523676\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impacts on groundwater quality from abandoned hydrocarbon wells \u2014 final report<\/a>. <em>British Geological Survey Commissioned Report<\/em> CR\/18\/061N. 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