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In response to "ok, from B2 or so ... if Texas were to secede and become a stand alone nation, they would be .." by i'm not dead yet !

it's totally pointless to speculate since it'll never happen, but for reference's sake texas produces ~30% of american oil....nm

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Sep 6 '13, 08:32

so plenty

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huh, looking into this more: texas' production in oil and natural gas is immense.... - x Sep 6, 08:37 10
- I kind of wonder what their rig specifications are, because there are a lot more than 3300 drill rigs out there. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 08:44 7
  - yeah, that i don't know. i certainly bow to your industry knowledge on this front....nm - x Sep 6, 08:53 6
    - after a little checking, it seems they're talking production rotary mud rigs, which makes sense, but is a small slice of all the drill rigs out there. -- nm - mafic Sep 6, 08:56 5
      - there's a new show on History or Discovery (or NatGeo) about backyard drillers in the US. - zork Sep 6, 09:00 4
        
        stupid dictionary: artesian not artisan -- nm - zork Sep 6, 09:02 3
        
        No, no, don't be so hasty. -- nm - Marketing Sep 6, 09:07 2
        
        heee -- nm - zork Sep 6, 09:09 1
        
        yeah, i think "artisan drilling" is actually pretty brilliant...nm - x Sep 6, 09:11
- They'd be a secular Saudi Arabia, for a while - Reagen Sep 6, 08:42 1
  - until people start talking about aborting drill sites -- nm - zork Sep 6, 09:07

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