Texas Oil Regulator Under Scrutiny as Zombie Wells Gush Back to Life
(Reuters) – On a sprawling ranch in Pecos County in late July, oil well control specialist Hawk Dunlap used a backhoe to uncover an abandoned or so-called zombie well that had sprung back to life despite being plugged just over a year earlier, hissing gas and bubbling toxic water into the dry Texas dirt. Dressed …
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