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