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duncang

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2. You can have

Reply to Javaman (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 05:00 PM

Sep 23

A decent producing well go down in production sold to a small company that can make some money off it for awhile. When it goes lower they drop it. Leaving it abandoned. Trying to get a small company to pay just means they declare bankruptcy and restart under a new name. New abandoned wells are created every year.

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