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The Race to Drill America's Longest Oil and Gas Wells - The Wall Street Journal

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The Race to Drill America’s Longest Oil and Gas Wells - WSJ

Elite runners long chased the 4-minute mile. Major-league sluggers competed for decades to beat Babe Ruth’s 60 home runs. For Dennis Degner, the next milestone is 25,000 feet.

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