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    Wells Peak is a granitic mountain summit with an elevation of 11,109 feet (3,386 m) located in Yosemite National Park, in Tuolumne County, California,...
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  • Wells-next-the-Sea Wells, Roxburghshire, a Scottish barony Wells, California, former name of Keene, California Wells Peak Wells, Indiana Wells, Kansas Wells, Maine...
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    wells first started in the 19th century but was made more efficient with advances to oil drilling rigs and technology during the 20th century. Wells are...
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  • casing in oil and gas wells, thereby preventing leaks. Government investigators had ordered companies involved in drilling the well to preserve all relevant...
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    Overpopulation Overshoot Peak car Peak coal Peak copper Peak gas Peak gold Peak minerals Peak phosphorus Peak uranium Peak water Peak wheat Resource depletion...
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    Bell Wells was born on the Boling Farm near Holly Springs, Mississippi. Born on July 16, 1862, Ida Wells was the first child of James Madison Wells (1840–1878)...
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    the horizontal pipe. Christmas trees are used on both surface and subsea wells. It is common to identify the type of tree as either "subsea tree" or "surface...
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    governments. Typical shallow shelf oil wells (e.g. North Sea) cost US$10 – 30 million, while deep water wells can cost up to US$100 million plus. Hundreds...
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    Well dressing, also known as well flowering, is a tradition practised in some parts of rural England in which wells, springs and other water sources are...
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    crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed. Modern wells have blowout preventers intended to prevent...
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