Unrecorded wells present a serious obstacle to cleanup planning, especially in remote or overgrown regions. Emerging methods like drone-based imaging and vegetation pattern analysis are helping uncover wells that don’t appear in official inventories. These tools can identify visual and ecological indicators of past drilling activity, even when documentation is missing or unreliable.
This session will explore how remote survey methods are being applied to discover undocumented wells, and what their use could mean for prioritization and field verification across the Southwest.