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Joe Carpenter, stinger kill, Burgan Field, Kuwait, 1991; Photo by Dave Wilson

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"The US, meanwhile, seemingly convinced that power grows out of the barrel, has succumbed to a kind of decadence. Trump’s war on EVs fits with a wider disdain for energy conservation in general, thereby forgetting an important lesson from the last Iran-related oil shock.
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If you think Exxon doesn't have a produced water problem in New Mexico, think again. Many of its HZ wells have WOR of 60-70%. Pressure depletion manifests itself in many ways, one of the increased water cuts. 

Not to worry, Exxon, like just about every other operator in the New Mexico Permian, sends its water down to Texas for disposal. New Mexico does not like earthquakes, heaving and sinking of the surface, nor produced water bubbling up out of old abandoned wells...Texas doesn't mind it all. 

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With Great Appreciation to Robert Flaherty Photography 

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