Texas oil wells are suddenly erupting with water. No one knows why
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Water is mysteriously bursting from yet another West Texas oil well, continuing a troubling trend.
In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids to the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet.