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Oil, milkshakes, and DRAINAGE!

Oil, milkshakes, and DRAINAGE!

Going down the wormhole after a famous movie passage

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Mar 19, 2021
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Hollywood has given us some fine movies (and television) that revolve around oil and gas development, from Giant, which you should watch for the names (and Liz Taylor), alone: Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) and Jett Rink (James Dean); to Five Easy Pieces (classic Jack Nicholson); to Promised Land. But my favorite has to be the 2007 Paul Thomas Anderson fil…

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