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Sometimes when new oil wells get drilled, the owners opt to burn off relatively small amounts of natural gas rather than go to the expense of hooking up a pipeline.
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Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Anne Epstein, a Lubbock physician, was part of a successful effort to ban oil wells less than 600 feet from peoples’ homes — before the state passed legislation stripping cities of the authority to regulate fracking.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
It should be noted here that a study of oil-rich states, such as Texas, has shown that local tax revenue to counties from oil wells would not be replaceable by renewables like wind and solar.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
September Dawn Bottoms for NPR A century ago, in one small patch of Oklahoma, Texaco drilled an oil well.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Anne Epstein, a Lubbock physician, was part of a successful effort to ban oil wells less than 600 feet from peoples’ homes — before the state passed legislation stripping cities of the authority to regulate fracking.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
It should be noted here that a study of oil-rich states, such as Texas, has shown that local tax revenue to counties from oil wells would not be replaceable by renewables like wind and solar.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
September Dawn Bottoms for NPR A century ago, in one small patch of Oklahoma, Texaco drilled an oil well.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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