Well Done Foundation

We were like, we're taking pictures and we were like taking pictures of like a little concrete hole.

The high schoolers, now seniors, say they've raised $25,000 and helped plug two wells with a nonprofit called the Well Done Foundation.

The foundation's Curtis Shuck says they plug orphan oil and gas wells in states across the country.

Some have been around for over a century.

And it was an open well bore, so there was no well control at the top.

And so it was just a hot mess.

Shuck says he worked in the oil and gas industry for decades, but he started the Well Done Foundation in 2019 after working in Montana, another state with many abandoned wells.

He could hardly believe the mess and strong odors from those wells on farm fields.

We were like, we're taking pictures and we were like taking pictures of like a little concrete hole.

The high schoolers, now seniors, say they've raised $25,000 and helped plug two wells with a nonprofit called the Well Done Foundation.

The foundation's Curtis Shuck says they plug orphaned oil and gas wells in states across the country.

Some have been around for over a century.

And it was an open well bore, so there was no well control at the top.

And so it was just a hot mess.

Shuck says he worked in the oil and gas industry for decades, but he started the Well Done Foundation in 2019 after working in Montana, another state with many abandoned wells.

He could hardly believe the mess and strong odors from those wells on farm fields.