1. An old well and local springs supplied residents with water during the winter, a system that worked fairly well because water demands are low during the snowy months. 2. And for operators facing the prospect of plugging and abandoning old wells and removing platforms, selling old equipment helps defray some of the costs. 3. A Department of Energy team works capping old wells and cleaning up environmental damage. 4. Even old wells plugged decades ago are beginning to leak. 5. For Nabors, that means companies are reworking old wells and drilling for new deposits, boosting its fortunes at the same time. 6. High prices gave non-OPEC exporters, most notably Russia, the cash to repair old wells, drill new ones, and raise overall output. 7. It also taps into old wells of anti-Western sentiment. 8. The students have excavated corner foundations of two former cabins, as well as an old well. 9. This is mostly because of new production from the North Sea and continuing improvements in the recovery of oil from old wells. 10. This segment of a dig to locate the two old wells is ended. |