1. But pumping oil from wells in these fields, called stripper wells , is expensive. 2. About 135, 000 of America's stripper wells were stopped in 1997-99. 3. They typically own about 10 so-called stripper wells . 4. Cattle, stripper wells and a little wheat. 5. _Tax breaks for oil and gas development, including for marginal producers and so-called " stripper wells ." 6. J . R . was forced to shut down the stripper wells , causing a great deal of unemployment. 7. Stripper wells pump no more than 15 barrels of oil a day, and more often around a barrel.8. Additionally, as of 2006, there are more than 296, 000 natural gas stripper wells in the lower 48 states. 9. Stripper wells are more common in older oil and gas producing regions, most notably in Appalachia, Texas and Oklahoma.10. The demands in the field seldom relent; almost daily, a stripper well here needs to be " pulled, " or repaired.
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