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Uncapped wells are oil wells open to the elements and can potentially leak methane, contaminate groundwater, and threaten public health.
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
As a child, Valdivia spent time at the home of a baby-sitter that was directly beside an active oil well.
—Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The wave-free beach where each view of the ocean must include a cargo ship or an oil well.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
After Machar’s forces shut down about 30 percent of the oil well production in early 2014, the precipitous drop in oil prices (minus the northern share of production), left the South with a profit of between $7 and $12 per barrel (the June price for oil on the global market was $61).
—Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2015
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Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
As a child, Valdivia spent time at the home of a baby-sitter that was directly beside an active oil well.
—Evan Simon, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The wave-free beach where each view of the ocean must include a cargo ship or an oil well.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
After Machar’s forces shut down about 30 percent of the oil well production in early 2014, the precipitous drop in oil prices (minus the northern share of production), left the South with a profit of between $7 and $12 per barrel (the June price for oil on the global market was $61).
—Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 9 July 2015
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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