Keeping Old Oil Wells from Leaking
By Dave Fehling, Houston Public Media
![Roughnecks repair a leaking oil well near downtown Kilgore.](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/KXWi23celZqSrc2mzYolX_1GD5E=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/08/07/Kilgore_050.jpg)
When it comes to drilling deep into Texas to bring up oil and natural gas, things can go wrong. Sometimes wells, especially old ones, leak. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.
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