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Oilfield Truck and Pickup Collisions in the Permian Basin

Oilfield Truck and Pickup Collisions in the Permian Basin Before sunrise on SH 158, a lot of the headlights coming toward you belong to water haulers, frac sand trucks and white company pickups heading out to the field. More of them roll through east Midland toward Midland Industrial Park. That's daily life in the Permian Basin. Oil and gas work keeps the local economy running, and it also puts heavy traffic on two-lane highways that carry far more trucks than they used to. C

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Oilfield Truck and Pickup Collisions in the Permian Basin Before sunrise on SH 158, a lot of the headlights coming toward you belong to water haulers, frac sand trucks and white company pickups heading out to the field. More of them roll through east Midland toward Midland Industrial Park. That's daily life in the Permian Basin. Oil and gas work keeps the local economy running, and it also puts heavy traffic on two-lane highways that carry far more trucks than they used to. C

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