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September Dawn Bottoms for NPR A century ago, in one small patch of Oklahoma, Texaco drilled an oil well.
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Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
Collaborations between fossil fuels and geothermal came as part of a broader high-tech turn in the industry that saw oil and gas companies increasingly wire their oil wells with fiber optic cables that allowed surface crews to visualize the underground world in unprecedented detail.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
But that boom is driven by new, abundant oil wells.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
Currently, about 25% of U.S. natural gas production comes from fracked oil wells in the Permian (20%), Bakken (3%), and Eagle Ford (5.5%) basins.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
Collaborations between fossil fuels and geothermal came as part of a broader high-tech turn in the industry that saw oil and gas companies increasingly wire their oil wells with fiber optic cables that allowed surface crews to visualize the underground world in unprecedented detail.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
But that boom is driven by new, abundant oil wells.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 26 Mar. 2025
Currently, about 25% of U.S. natural gas production comes from fracked oil wells in the Permian (20%), Bakken (3%), and Eagle Ford (5.5%) basins.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Oil well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20well. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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