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About the Petroleum Technology Digest (Sep-2001)

Case studies for Independent Producers

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Producing partial waterdrive gas reservoir at high rate maximizes profitability (Sep-2001)

Author Dana Westphal and John McMullan

Ocean Energy achieved a 70% recovery and maximized profitability from a downdip waterdrive gas completion by aggressively producing the zone at high rates.

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Small-scale 3-D seismic shoot adds new oil reserves (Sep-2001)

Author Dale Helpingstine, Don Williams, Phil Caserotti and Steve Gustison

Shakespeare Oil redefined the structural interpretation of the Devonian Geneva dolomite reservoir in Tonti field, Marion County, Ill., using data from a 0.375-sq-mi 3-D seismic survey.

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Solid propellants provide cost-effective stimulation in marginal wells (Sep-2001)

Author Dr. Richard A. Schmidt and Wilford M. Ashley

Many oil and gas wells can be stimulated effectively with a progressively burning, solid propellant that produces multiple fractures.

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Web-based pump-off controller reduces electricity costs (Sep-2001)

Author Doug Torr and Dan Mooney

CamWest, Inc., an independent based in Denver, Colorado, and McKinney, Texas, operates more than 120 oil wells in Lander, Wyoming.

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