{"version":"1","record":{"id":"indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","canonicalSlug":"indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","language":"en","title":"Indiana seeks bids to plug orphan oil and gas wells in two counties","summary":"The state invites qualified prime contractors to bid on orphan-well plugging in Posey and Gibson counties by 20 October.","body":["Indiana’s Department of Administration, Public Works Division, on behalf of the Department of Natural Resources, is seeking bids for oil and gas orphan-well plugging under project ENG2712302032. The work is in Posey and Gibson counties. The state’s current DNR bidding page lists the submission deadline as 20 October 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Indianapolis time.","Prime contractors need a current Public Works Certificate of Qualification and prequalification in Oil Well Services, classification 1799.06. The email-subject and filename examples use ENG2712302031, while the actual project is ENG2712302032; bidders should confirm the controlling identifiers with the issuer. The stated $150,000 threshold is not a project estimate; no contract value is reported."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Indiana seeks bids to plug orphan oil and gas wells in two counties\n\nThe state invites qualified prime contractors to bid on orphan-well plugging in Posey and Gibson counties by 20 October.\n\nIndiana’s Department of Administration, Public Works Division, on behalf of the Department of Natural Resources, is seeking bids for oil and gas orphan-well plugging under project ENG2712302032. The work is in Posey and Gibson counties. The state’s current DNR bidding page lists the submission deadline as 20 October 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Indianapolis time.\n\nPrime contractors need a current Public Works Certificate of Qualification and prequalification in Oil Well Services, classification 1799.06. The email-subject and filename examples use ENG2712302031, while the actual project is ENG2712302032; bidders should confirm the controlling identifiers with the issuer. The stated $150,000 threshold is not a project estimate; no contract value is reported.\n\nTender notice\n\nIssuer: Indiana Department of Administration, Public Works Division, for Indiana Department of Natural Resources\n\nNotice reference: ENG2712302032\n\nNotice type: Request for tenders\n\nTender status: Open\n\nNotice date: Unknown\n\nSubmission deadline: 20 October 2026 at 14:30 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis\n\nDeadline passed; verify the latest issuer notice.\n\nIssuer country: United States\n\nWell sector: Oil wells, Gas wells\n\nProcurement activity: Decommissioning, Well services\n\nEvidence checked at: 2026-10-13T14:52:20Z","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-10-20","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T15:18:44Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-13T15:18:44Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-13T15:05:27Z","sourcePublishedAt":null,"translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://secure.in.gov/dnr/engineering/bidding/","name":"Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Engineering bidding page","checkedAt":"2026-10-13"},{"url":"https://www.in.gov/dnr/static/engineering/2026/en-ENG2712302032-NTB.pdf","name":"Indiana official Notice to Bidders PDF","checkedAt":"2026-10-13"},{"url":"https://www.in.gov/dnr/static/engineering/2026/en-ENG2712302032-Specs.pdf","name":"Indiana official project specifications PDF","checkedAt":"2026-10-13"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/indiana-posey-gibson-orphan-oil-gas-well-plugging-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"tender","tender":{"money":null,"issuer":{"name":"Indiana Department of Administration, Public Works Division, for Indiana Department of Natural Resources","countryCode":"US"},"status":"open","version":"1","deadline":{"at":"2026-10-20T14:30-04:00","timeZone":"America/Indiana/Indianapolis","precision":"minute"},"reference":"ENG2712302032","noticeDate":null,"noticeType":"request-for-tenders","officialUrl":"https://secure.in.gov/dnr/engineering/bidding/","procurement":{"sectors":["oil","gas"],"sourceUrl":"https://secure.in.gov/dnr/engineering/bidding/","activities":["decommissioning","well-services"],"verifiedAt":"2026-10-13T14:52:20Z"}},"tenderDeadlinePassed":true},"directory":{"state":"archive","deadlineState":"passed","deadlinePassed":true,"submissionsClosed":true,"evaluatedAt":"2026-10-23T15:06:30.392Z","classification":"reviewed"},"semantics":["Only published due non-withdrawn editorial tender briefs are returned. This is reviewed directory coverage, not a census of all procurement worldwide.","Issuer status is recorded from the cited notice and never rewritten by an elapsed deadline; an elapsed deadline instead closes submissions through state=archive, deadlineState=passed and submissionsClosed. Source verification is a past check, not continuous live monitoring or an eligibility guarantee.","The base directory and state=all show issued notices, excluding status=planned. state=planned is a separate procurement-plan view; status=planned selects it only when no explicit state is supplied. Coverage totals include both issued notices and plans; issuedNotices and planned are reported separately.","Current means issuer open and a source deadline not yet passed in its stated timezone/offset, or in any civil timezone when none is stated. Archive includes terminal statuses or passed deadlines. Unknown means current eligibility cannot be established for an issued notice. 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