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John Sims

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“But from my perspective, and I think most producers would tell you this, it is no longer a viable basin. How do we know it's no longer viable? Because they have to designate it as critical infrastructure. They have to have, uh, dry well insurance. They have to have subsidies.”
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John Sims
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But from my perspective, and I think most producers would tell you this, it is no longer a viable basin. How do we know it's no longer viable? Because they have to designate it as critical infrastructure. They have to have, uh, dry well insurance. They have to have subsidies.

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