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It's worse than that. They have limited storage and if they can't sell much of the oil, they have to turn the wells off. Problem there is that the oil will free
by adamc 4y ago
It's worse than that. They have limited storage and if they can't sell much of the oil, they have to turn the wells off. Problem there is that the oil will freeze in the winter, the pipes crack, and then it takes a lot of work and expense to turn it back on.
Or so I have heard -- not posing as an expert on oil fields.
- kjeetgill 4y agoYea, but sadly that means they just burn it off instead of letting it freeze. Yay global carbon emissions. https://amp.dw.com/en/what-is-the-environmental-cost-of-gas-flaring/a-62959848 https://amp.dw.com/en/what-is-the-environmental-cost-of-gas-...