Sentences with phrase «newly drilled wells»

While the rebound in the U.S. rig count that drove outperformance in the previous year continued, many of these newly drilled wells were capped rather than moved into the production phase.

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Tens of thousands of workers have been hired to work on newly drilled gas wells in Pennsylvania adjacent to the Southern Tier area of New York, which has been plagued by unemployment and poverty brought about by a declining agriculture base, high taxes, and a loss of local population.

Environmental controls designed to prevent leaks of methane from newly drilled natural gas wells are effective, a study has found — but emissions from existing wells in production are much higher than previously believed.