Stop Orphaned Wells Act
- Oct 2Bennet, Schiff, Ansari Senator Bennet introduced bill to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands.
- Oct 7Luján introduced legislation to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands.
Issues / Issue · Aug 7 – Oct 7, 2026
Oil and Gas Regulation
Democrats introduced legislation to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands, with Sen. Luján (D-NM) and Reps. Schiff (D-CA), Bennet (D-CO), and Ansari (D-AZ) backing the Stop Orphaned Wells Act. Luján also opposed Trump administration plans to weaken federal methane pollution standards. Rep. Fong (R-CA) praised a BLM announcement of an upcoming California oil and gas lease sale.
AI summary of the releases below · Oct 8, 2026
15Members · 13 D · 2 R
14Actions · 12 D · 2 R
7States & territories · CA · NM · OR · CO lead
1Bills named
How the conversation moved
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| Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials | 4 | |||||||||||||
| StatementsResponses to news | 1 | |||||||||||||
| CriticizedA policy, decision or person | 2 | |||||||||||||
| PraisedCredit for a decision or person | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Visits and eventsTours, town halls, site visits | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed | 5 |
Developing stories
1 threads · 2 of 14 actionsWhere they stand
Support · 5
- DLuján NMIntroduced bill to hold oil companies accountable for well cleanup
- RFong CASupports BLM oil and gas lease sale to increase domestic energy production
- DBennet COIntroduced legislation to hold oil companies accountable for cleanup costs
- DSchiff CAIntroduced bill to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells
- RCramer NDSupports domestic refinery development for energy dominance
Oppose · 7
- DPadilla CAChallenged Trump administration's Defense Production Act order to restart Sable offshore pipeline
- DPelosi CAChallenged Defense Production Act invocation for pipeline restart
- DHeinrich NMUrged BLM to reject proposed rescission of waste prevention rule
- DWyden OROpposes BLM rescission of 2024 Onshore Leasing Rule protections
- DMerkley OROpposed BLM rescission of 2024 leasing rules protecting public lands and community input
- DHuffman CAOpposed rescission of BLM leasing and waste prevention rules
- DPanetta CAOpposes offshore oil and gas drilling expansion
What each party did · Democrats 12 · Republicans 2
- 4Sent letters0
- 0Statements1
- 2Criticized0
- 0Praised1
- 1Visits and events0
- 5Filed or pushed bills0
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Every action
14 actions · 20 releases- Oct 7, 2026
- Bill
Introduced legislation to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands.
- Criticism
- Bill
- Oct 2, 2026
- Praise
- Bill
DBennet CO, DSchiff CA, DAnsari AZ
Senator Bennet introduced bill to prevent oil companies from abandoning wells on public lands.
- Sep 24, 2026
- Statement
Advocated for building and retrofitting American refineries to process domestic crude oil.
- Statement
- Sep 21, 2026
- Bill
Introduced bill to establish Oil & Gas Community Trust Fund for energy export communities.
- Bill
- Sep 8, 2026
- Letter
Filed amicus brief challenging Trump administration's use of Defense Production Act for oil pipeline.
- Letter
- Sep 3, 2026
- Bill
Introduced three-bill package to hold oil companies accountable and protect taxpayers.
- Bill
- Aug 28, 2026
- Letter
- Aug 25, 2026
- Criticism
- Letter
Opposed BLM rescission of oil and gas leasing and waste prevention rules.
- Aug 19, 2026
- Letter
Opposed BLM rescission of oil and gas leasing and waste prevention rules.
- Letter
- Aug 10, 2026
- Visit
- Aug 7, 2026
- Bill
Introduced bill to repeal tax breaks for oil and gas companies' overseas drilling.
- Bill
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