Well Done Foundation, Pacific Steel & Recycling Announce Plugging of Fifth Well to Coincide with Earth Day

The Well Done Foundation (WDF) and Pacific Steel & Recycling announced the plugging of Anderson #1 in Northern Montana on Earth Day (April 22) 2021, according to WDF Chairman Curtis Shuck and Pacific CEO Jeff Millhollin.

"Pacific Steel & Recycling is so pleased to be participating in this important project as a partner and a donor," Millhollin said. "The work that the Well Done Foundation is doing is great for the environment, great for the community and great for the industry."

The Anderson #1, which was originally drilled in 1924, produced oil, created jobs and helped support the economic vitality of the state of Montana for 67 years until 1991, when the well was idled and eventually orphaned.

"For two decades, Anderson #1 has been orphaned and left open to emit harmful methane gas," Shuck said. "It is so rewarding to plug these legacy wells and quantitatively express the elimination of dangerous greenhouse gasses and fully restore the impacted surface areas."

The plugging of Anderson #1 on Earth Day marks the one-year anniversary of Well Done's first adoption and plugging, the Big West Anderson #3 well. Since then, the WDF has plugged four orphaned wells-Anderson #1 will be the fifth-and has eliminated more than 250,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), the standard by which greenhouse gas emissions are measured.

The Well Done Foundation will host an open house at its Shelby, MT, visitor center on Earth Day from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at 333 Main Street, Shelby, MT 59474. Call (406) 460-0903 for details.

Pacific Steel & Recycling | https://www.pacific-steel.com/

Well Done Foundation | https://welldonefoundation.com/