“Uuuuuugggghhhhh,” she grimaces. “Fresh condensate.”

The small pile of dirt excavated by Burns’ posthole digger smells like a filling station, but the nearest place to buy gasoline is 
40 miles (64 kilometres) away from the ranch.

She shoots photos and video as the hole fills with foul-smelling water.

The hunt for condensate leaks is just part of Burns’ effort to get ExxonMobil to clean up operations on the 38,000-acre McGill Ranch that has been in her 
husband’s family for three 
generations.

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