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Here’s an example of some I found the other day. Each one of those white dots is a well pad where they cleared the land for a drilling rig to work. If you look

Here’s an example of some I found the other day. Each one of those white dots is a well pad where they cleared the land for a drilling rig to work. If you look closely you can see surface pumps on many of them. Some have storage tanks as well. This entire region (the Permian Basin) is pockmarked like this. (31.6643861, -103.0348924) Dropped pin Near Winkler County, TX https://goo.gl/maps/J2zi8VwD2QjKUpbk8 https://goo.gl/maps/J2zi8VwD2QjKUpbk8

hylaride 7y ago
Whoa. I zoomed out, then double whoa.
OrgNet 7y ago
holy shit, this is not even the worst spot... this one appears to be more dense: https://goo.gl/maps/9YZrP4of97tDgQmH6 https://goo.gl/maps/9YZrP4of97tDgQmH6 .... I think I found out where they dump all those waste products: https://goo.gl/maps/ZkfDDKM26gfmtQTL6 https://goo.gl/maps/ZkfDDKM26gfmtQTL6
- jmkb 7y ago
  No way anyone in West Texas would bother driving all the way to Sabine... see this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22149320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22149320
- Boondox543 7y ago
  More likely here... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Midland+County,+TX/@32.2885061,-94.7806829,17z/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x86f9613991a5d10f:0x260ae188f0f0a6ab?hl=en-US https://www.google.com/maps/place/Midland+County,+TX/@32.288...
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y ago
  Interestingly the first thing to stand out in your first link is the Crane branch of the Texas Department of Public Safety. This is all so...absurd... (speechless)