Stripper Well - Paul Schaefer Collection (1977)

Duration: 1:57

Year Published: 1977

Sound: sound

Description: In this news segment for San Antonio’s KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV), broadcast on June 2, 1977, reporter Paul Schaefer visits a stripper oil well near George West, Texas, to speak with the lease owner about the regulatory and economic factors that go into operating a low-production well. As the owner hoped, the federal government did eventually raise the maximum daily average oil production for stripper wells from 10 to 15 barrels.