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Be a Carbon Hero: Plug a Well – Protect the Planet
How much can plugging just one orphaned well help?
It’s the annual equivalent of reducing methane from:
  • Taking 3,115 gas-powered cars off the road
  • Removing 605,999 trash bags in a landfill
  • Charging 1,702,997,048 smartphones
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the orphaned wells problem:
  • 3.5+ million orphaned wells in the U.S.
  • Orphaned wells contribute significantly to global warming (release methane – up to 84 times more potent than CO2)
  • Plugging cost averages $76k, paid by local tax payers
  • Your donation HELPS communities and fights climate change!
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to fighting climate change
Plugging these wells is essential to protecting our planet and the impact is immediate.
Plugging a smaller well, such as the A. Lorenzen 15 well immediately yielded the following:
  • Taking 4,427 gas-powered cars off the road
  • Removing 20,366 Metric tons of CO2e.
  • Equivalent to the climate benefit of 925,273 mature trees!
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service selected our non-profit organization to plug over 110 orphan wells beginning in 2025.
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BUYING CARBON CREDITS

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Did you know the average person creates 20 metric tons of CO2e every year? 

WDF has created Blue Ribbon Climate Benefit Units™ (CBU Blues) to be sold to individuals and companies to offset their carbon footprints. The current offsets were created by the plugging of the Bluhm #007 (API#25-101-10074) orphan well, completed August 24, 2023, in Toole County, MT. 

  • Obtain CBU Blues in any quantity you like.
  • Receive a WDF registered certificate authenticating your donation.
  • Your donation helps support the funding to plug more orphan wells.
  • Receive special access to scientific data regarding your carbon offset.

Thank You For Your Interest In Acquiring Climate Benefit Units!

Each unit is $25 and represents 1 metric ton of CO2e.

Let’s start with some basic information so we can keep detailed records on carbon credits sold.