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Texas Lawmakers Worry How State Will Keep Up With Abandoned Oil Wells

Dave Fehling

Posted on March 7, 2016 · At the Texas statehouse, there was concern that bankruptcies in the Texas oil patch are increasing the risk from abandoned wells.

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Weekly Oil Market Crash Update: Oil Majors Could Sell More Than $100 Billion In Assets For Shift To Renewables; RRC Elects New Chair

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Posted on September 23, 2020 · Houston-based ConocoPhillips along with the world’s other seven major oil companies might also cease oil and gas operations in more than 200 countries, according to a Rystad Energy report.

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