Well Done Foundation

[1][2] In 2019, Curtis Shuck, a former oil and gas executive of 30 years, was in Shelby, MT meeting with farmers when he discovered abandoned oil and gas wells scattered around the town's farm fields.

[7] The organization started its pilot project in its home state and plugged its first well, known as Anderson #3, in Toole County, Montana, in April 2020.

[2] WDF continued to expand its operations across the United States throughout 2021, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, including Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, West Virginia, Kansas, Louisiana, and Texas.

A budget is prepared for the project and a campaign is established to raise funds for the well's plugging and costs for surface restoration.

[12] Once the funding goal is reached, contractors are employed to carry out the plugging process and a gel is pumped through the well's piping, then filled with concrete.

The Bluhm 14 well was drilled in 1934 and produced from the Madison Group. The last recorded production was in 2003, when the well produced 144 barrels of oil over a 15-day period. It was plugged by the Well Done Foundation on April 7, 2021. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Following the plugging of an abandoned well, contractors use a methane monitoring platform provided by the WDF, known as "Dorothy", to collect methane measurements.