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Gold/Mining/Energy : Strictly: Drilling and oil-field services

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To: marc chatman who wrote (36097)1/28/1999 6:32:00 PM
From: marc chatman  Read Replies (2) of 95453
 
Thursday January 28, 6:05 pm Eastern Time

Oil Industry Wants Government Help

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Legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, would give a tax credit to operators of marginal oil wells and tax relief to those willing to restart some of the thousands of wells that have been shut down because they're not profitable with the currently depressed prices.

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I really sympathize with the people losing their jobs, but the thought of the Government subsidizing inefficient wells, causing an increase in supply and more pressure on crude prices is a nightmare-in-the-making. Actually, it sounds like something the Government would do.
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