Multi-technology Detection of Undocumented Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells: A Large-Scale Drone and Ground-Based Survey in Pennsylvania

Jade Boutot, James L. France, Margaret Coleman, Adam S. Peltz, Neil Keown, Don Hegburg, David Adams, Fabio Ciulla, Sébastien C. Biraud, Colton Kohnke, Natalie J. Pekney, William Hoyt Thomas, Valerie Fox-Coughlin, Gloria Ding, Zachary Mailhot, Yamina Boumenna, Ismot Jahan, Mohamed Mehana, Hari Viswanathan, Mary Kang

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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6c01930
Published: 2026-08-10
Container: Environmental Science & Technology
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@article{allodium:10.1021/acs.est.6c01930,
  title = {Multi-technology
Detection of Undocumented Orphaned
Oil and Gas Wells: A Large-Scale Drone and Ground-Based Survey in
Pennsylvania},
  author = {Jade Boutot and James L. France and Margaret Coleman and Adam S. Peltz and Neil Keown and Don Hegburg and David Adams and Fabio Ciulla and Sébastien C. Biraud and Colton Kohnke and Natalie J. Pekney and William Hoyt Thomas and Valerie Fox-Coughlin and Gloria Ding and Zachary Mailhot and Yamina Boumenna and Ismot Jahan and Mohamed Mehana and Hari Viswanathan and Mary Kang},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Environmental Science \&amp;
Technology},
  doi = {10.1021/acs.est.6c01930},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c01930}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Multi-technology
Detection of Undocumented Orphaned
Oil and Gas Wells: A Large-Scale Drone and Ground-Based Survey in
Pennsylvania
AU  - Jade Boutot
AU  - James L. France
AU  - Margaret Coleman
AU  - Adam S. Peltz
AU  - Neil Keown
AU  - Don Hegburg
AU  - David Adams
AU  - Fabio Ciulla
AU  - Sébastien C. Biraud
AU  - Colton Kohnke
AU  - Natalie J. Pekney
AU  - William Hoyt Thomas
AU  - Valerie Fox-Coughlin
AU  - Gloria Ding
AU  - Zachary Mailhot
AU  - Yamina Boumenna
AU  - Ismot Jahan
AU  - Mohamed Mehana
AU  - Hari Viswanathan
AU  - Mary Kang
PY  - 2026
JO  - Environmental Science &amp;
Technology
DO  - 10.1021/acs.est.6c01930
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Boutot, J., France, J. L., Coleman, M., Peltz, A. S., Keown, N., Hegburg, D., Adams, D., Ciulla, F., Biraud, S. C., Kohnke, C., Pekney, N. J., Thomas, W. H., Fox-Coughlin, V., Ding, G., Mailhot, Z., Boumenna, Y., Jahan, I., Mehana, M., Viswanathan, H., & Kang, M. (2026). Multi-technology Detection of Undocumented Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells: A Large-Scale Drone and Ground-Based Survey in Pennsylvania. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c01930

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