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The Permian Basin is ground zero to billions of dollars in zombie oil wells

A looming wave of abandoned wells threatens to leave taxpayers in Texas and New Mexico on the hook for almost $1 billion in cleanup. (via @grist & @texasobserver) ....

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How Texas's zombie oil wells are creating an environmental disaster zone | Texas

After closing on the property a decade ago, it didnât take the Briggs family long to make the place their own. They built a roomy, two-story metal house and constructed livestock pens for hogs, goats, donkeys, and cattle. For a few years, the Briggs ranch delivered the rural splendor theyâd hoped for. âWhen you come out here, it is dry. There is no Starbucks. But there is a peace to that,â Laura said. âThis takes some stress off your shoulders and youâre like, all you really need in life is a pair of blue jeans and a good book.â ....

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How Texas's zombie oil wells are creating an environmental disaster zone

How Texas’s zombie oil wells are creating an environmental disaster zone
Clayton Aldern, Christopher Collins, and Naveena Sadasivam
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When Laura Briggs and her husband finally found their dream home in west Texas, they knew they’d be sharing space with the oil industry. The Pecos county ranch’s previous owner, local attorney Windel “Hoot” Gibson, died there when a rickety old pumpjack teetered over and fell on top of him.
But sharing 900 acres with a handful of old oil wells seemed like a fair trade for a spacious ranch where the Briggs family could raise four kids and a mess of farm animals. The property is smack dab in the middle of the Permian Basin, an ancient, dried-up sea that streaks across Texas and New Mexico and is the most productive oil field in the United States. Approximately 3 million barrels of the Permian’s monthly crude production happens in Pecos County; ....

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How Texas's zombie oil wells are creating an environmental disaster zone

How Texas's zombie oil wells are creating an environmental disaster zone
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