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The plot would be Bermuda grass pasture for cattle, but the paddock instead hosts two inactive oil wells and huge tanks that the Ledgerwoods believe held the salt water that fouled their land.
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
Gas flares from oil wells light up at all hours with a roaring thunder, their vibrations causing the walls of rickety houses to crack.
—Sheyla Urdaneta Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 22 July 2023
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
Gas flares from oil wells light up at all hours with a roaring thunder, their vibrations causing the walls of rickety houses to crack.
—Sheyla Urdaneta Adriana Loureiro Fernandez, New York Times, 22 July 2023
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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