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Use the excerpt to answer the question.
“We’re out-performing…our…design. In the new design, our wells, generally speaking, are between 750 and 800 feet. That allows us to drill six wells in each zone, and, of course, we’re drilling multiple sections… They do cost more because you’re using more water and more sand. But we find that the payout has been greater, too.”
—Tim Dove, CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources, in “Eureka! How the Permian Basin Has Energized Dallas-Fort Worth’s Energy Industry,” D Magazine (November 12, 2018)
This quotation could work as text evidence supporting which of the following possible thesis statements? The thesis statement must also accurately reflect Texas history.
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Responses
The oil industry continues to affect Texas’s identity positively by continuing to create innovative techniques that make the state’s economy profitable.
The oil industry continues to affect Texas’s identity positively by continuing to create innovative techniques that make the state’s economy profitable.
In Texas’s modern economy, Dallas is the only city that houses oil industry companies and continues to connect with oil industry growth.
In Texas’s modern economy, Dallas is the only city that houses oil industry companies and continues to connect with oil industry growth.
The discovery of oil at Spindletop was an important event in Texas history because it was the first oil field in Texas and because it opened up drilling statewide.
The discovery of oil at Spindletop was an important event in Texas history because it was the first oil field in Texas and because it opened up drilling statewide.
All oil companies in Texas are willing to use more expensive techniques as long as they are still able to drill efficiently and earn
1 answer
The quotation provided by Tim Dove supports the following thesis statement:
The oil industry continues to affect Texas’s identity positively by continuing to create innovative techniques that make the state’s economy profitable.
This is because the excerpt references innovative drilling techniques and the effectiveness of these methods in increasing profitability, which aligns with the idea of the oil industry as a driver of economic growth and identity in Texas.
