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McAllen nixes oil drilling

By Davis Rankin

A Texas company hoping to drill in North McAllen for oil and gas hit a dry hole instead at Monday’s city commi s s ion meeting.

Texakoma Exploration and Production, LLC, of Plano, applied for a drilling permit but commissioners voted unanimously to deny the permit after hearing a brief explanation from City Attorney Kevin Pagan that the “permit, as it is configured at this time, does not meet the requirements of the city ordinance, which is the reason my office is recommending that it be disapproved.”

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