Our state cares more about oil and gas than the people. Oil and gas can destroy the environment and if their destruction is too costly, oh well, the state lets them off the hook. Disgusting.
The guy who owns the leaking well also owns the company that the state (using federal funds that Trump of course halted) was paying to fix leaking wells and still they didn't fix it. Insane corruption.
And, he is in this other article making statements like this, while owning the well that is contaminating! Such hypocrisy:
The state agency hired Southern Plains Energy Services, based in Perry, to complete the plugging. The company is run by Rory Jett, who has worked in the oil and gas industry for decades.
“( I) kind of have a passion for it, actually, of trying to clean up these wells and to protect our environment and help the state clean up these farmers' land,” he said.
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Rory Jett, who also owns oil and gas wells in Oklahoma, said the practice is essential to protecting the state’s environment.
“[Fluid from the well] could get into the creeks, into the lakes, they can affect the wildlife, the farmers' fields, the trees,” he said. “They can do a lot of damage if they're left abandoned, they've got that potential until they're plugged.”
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