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Longer wells boost Permian crude oil and natural gas production

Well operators in the Permian region of western Texas and eastern New Mexico are getting more oil and gas out of the ground by drilling l…

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Well operators in the Permian region of western Texas and eastern New Mexico are getting more oil and gas out of the ground by drilling longer, horizontal wells and increasingly incorporating so-called super-lateral wells that exceed 15,000 feet.

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