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Recent Examples of drillerIn the driller's cabin atop the rig, screens display real-time metrics sent back from underground sensors — data that's simultaneously being monitored from company headquarters in Houston.—
Pippa Stevens,
CNBC,
5 Sep. 2026 By the second week of December, the driller reached a depth of 1,450 feet and struck oil sands.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026 The driller responsible for it, Patton Exploration, solicited companies to extend a pipeline to the oil well to capture the gas and evaluated whether the gas could be used to mine bitcoin.—ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025 The new company, called Caturus, is a tie up of two Kimmeridge investments — a Louisiana liquefied natural gas export project called Commonwealth LNG, plus the fast-growing natural gas driller Kimmeridge Texas Gas.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Hal spent much of the past decade in jail (which is to say, human jail) while John, rejecting the Green Lantern ring, sent it to former gym teacher Guy Gardenerer — seen in last year’s Superman film, and now on billboards for cheap energy drinks.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
21 Sep. 2026
The School Board’s decision to dedicate 90% of these referendum dollars directly to teachers, education professionals and frontline support staff recognizes where our priorities should be.
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Roberto Fernandez III,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Sep. 2026