| 31. | Using technology to predict and find the oil is a lot better than drilling dry holes,
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| 32. | Since Tesoro discovered the field in 1990, 47 wells have been drilled with no dry holes.
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| 33. | Whitewater also has not been a dry hole.
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| 34. | Regrettably, this was a ` telecom dry hole'relative to the grand hopes we all had ."
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| 35. | Dry holes in this same area contain no typically sand-gravel layers within the first 22 feet.
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| 36. | It is the economics of the oil patch, with many, many dry holes for every gusher.
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| 37. | The unit has hit " several dry holes,"
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| 38. | The book told of his tears and whiskey binges after dry holes, which never stopped hurting.
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| 39. | The number of dry holes that oil companies now drill has fallen sharply, thanks to such technology.
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| 40. | But even he admits that Israel's long history of drilling dry holes raises questions about his chances.
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