Show A SMALL ONE IS BETTER THAN NONE Oilmen take good care of o f small oil wells because big ones one s are hard to find according to t tOil Oil Facts Two of all the oil wells well wellin s In the United States are classi classi- classified classified fied as strippers meaning they produce no more than 10 1 barrels II a day each There are ar e such wells In 25 states Their heir total production in 1965 6 was million barrels one one- one fifth of all the oil 1 produced i ithe in inthe n the nation Oil Facts says scientists an and d engineers are constantly seek seck seekIng ing Improved recovery reco techniques techniques ques in order to prevent waste e of the nations nation's petroleum re- re re resources sources i |