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stripper well

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Noun1.stripper well - an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day
stripper
oil well, oiler - a well that yields or has yielded oil
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There are currently nearly a half million stripper wells - shallow wells which produce less than 10 barrels of crude oil per day - in the United States alone.
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[4] Interstate Oil Compact Commission, "National Stripper Well Survey," Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January, 1989.
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