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    In 1950, when Charlie Read started wildcatting, New Mexico's oil patch was booming. "There were lots of people, lots of drill crews and drill rigs, and a lot more activity than there is now," he remembers.
    Read, of Roswell, has seen times change for the petroleum industry, which hit hard times during the past year as a worldwide recession and othe... MORE

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