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There was once an old farmer in America’s Deep South who struggled every day to make ends meet. When the oil companies started to drill for oil in the communities surrounding his land, he was approached but refused them permission to drill. He didn’t want his neighbours and fellow farmers to consider him desperate and willing to give up his core business for the chance of a quick return. However, the oil companies kept asking him and, eventually, after a particularly bad harvest, he agreed. The test drilling gave good results so they bored a hole and set up a well, which was known as Spindletop.
Apparently, when you strike oil, it can blow the top off the ‘derrick’. When Spindletop struck oil it destroyed the derrick. At that ...
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