West Texas Fracking Boom Sputters as Apache Corp. Admits Firm Lost Billions, Cites Alpine High “Challenges”

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By Sharon KellyFeb 27, 2020, 7:05 pm1.3k ptsTrendingInterestingTop
Read time: 7 mins Balmorhea, Texas – Less than four years ago, oil and gas company Apache Corp. announced an oil strike worth $80 billion in one of the most pristine reaches of west Texas — the “biggest oil find” of 2016 — which the company dubbed Alpine High. Yesterday, Apache officially called it…

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