Exclusive: New U.S. oil and gas well November permits tumble nearly 40 percent

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Plunging oil prices sparked a drop of almost 40 percent in new well permits issued across the United States in November, in a sudden pause in the growth of the U.S. shale oil and gas boom that started around 2007.

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