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The 2022 law, SB 1137, banned new oil wells and re-drills within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, businesses and other residential areas.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
The state as a whole had more than 48,000 oil wells and 19,000 natural gas wells in production in 2023.
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, introduced a bill that would have fined oil companies $10,000 per day for low-production oil wells operating near homes and schools.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 27 June 2024
Audits on oil wells, which previously took weeks to prepare, can now be generated from field notes within a day, using large language models, or LLMs, trained on years of auditing.
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Byvivienne Walt, Fortune, 26 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
oil well
noun
: a well from which petroleum is obtained
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