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About the Petroleum Technology Digest (Sep-2000)

Case studies for Independent Producers

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Air pulse system for artificial lift reduces costs (Sep-2000)

Author Ed Corlew and Joe Rochelle

In six months of testing at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC), a unique air pulse lifting system, developed by Petroleum Asset Management Co. (PAMCO), lowered power consumption for lifting fluids in two shallow oil wells by 71%.

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Company-operated, integrated, E&P waste management facility reduces costs (Sep-2000)

Author John Nussbaumer

An integrated, E&P waste management facility has reduced Patina Oil & Gas Corp.'s costs for processing oil-contaminated soils and fluids, including tank bottoms.

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Major reserve increase obtained by dewatering high-water-saturation reservoirs (Sep-2000)

Author David Chernicky

New Dominion, L.L.C. has taken a bolder approach to developing major new reserves in exhausted oil and gas fields.

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Nitrogen huff and puff process breathes new life into old field (Sep-2000)

Author Bernie Miller and Robert Gaudin

Using a nitrogen huff and puff (cyclic) process, Bretagne G. P. increased production from a mature Appalachian basin reservoir from 200 bopd to 500 bopd with no significant increase in water production.

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Pilot test demonstrates how CO+B1625 injection enhances coalbed methane recovery (Sep-2000)

Author Lanny Schoeling and Mike McGovern

Since 1995, Burlington Resources has been conducting a pilot test of enhancing coalbed methane recovery through carbon dioxide (CO2) injection.

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Polymer-specific enzyme breaker improves completion efficiency in horizontal wells (Sep-2000)

Author Albert Chan, Drew Hembling, Brian Beall, Mokhtar Elgassier, and J. Jay Garner

Phillips Alaska Inc. realized a 400-bopd incremental production increase in Well 3K-24, a horizontal well with slotted liner, by using polymer-specific enzymes (PSE) to reduce polymer-related, drill-in fluid damage.

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Reliable, low cost vapor recovery system saves money while helping the environment (Sep-2000)

Author Troy Palmer, Bill Webb, and Dale Redman

Since 1994, Devon Energy Corp. has employed the Vapor Jet system to capture hydrocarbon vapors from oil and water storage tanks in a West Texas waterflood operation.

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