U.S. Senator Ben Nelson, above, second from left, stands near a new wildcat oil well on land owned by Doran McCollam northeast of Trenton, during an "energy tour" of his home state Wednesday. John Mondero, Oberlin, (second from right), of JFM Wellsite Supervision, said the pumping unit is pumping the Lansing-Kansas City limestone formation and is producing five (42-gallon) barrels of oil a day, a sufficient amount of oil -- with oil at $117 per barrel Wednesday -- to make the well profitable. Riding along with Nelson to the wellhead site was Jonathan Coppes, a legislative aide in Nelson's Washington, D.C., office (left) and (former state senator) Tom Baker of Trenton. (Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette)
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