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A crew from Morgan Well Service, of Prague, repairs a hole in the casing at a 10,000-foot-deep gas well outside Tuttle in 2017. Ledger file photo by Mike W. Ray

A crew from Morgan Well Service, of Prague, repairs a hole in the casing at a 10,000-foot-deep gas well outside Tuttle in 2017. Ledger file photo by Mike W. Ray

Corp Comm lets oil producers shut in some wells

OKLAHOMA CITY – The state Corporation Commission has given oil producers permission to temporarily shut in unprofitable wells on the grounds of “economic waste.”