June 2002
Special Report

Petroleum Technology Digest

Special feature comprising three case studies on recent, successfully applied production technologies prepared by World Oil and PTTC. These include well treatment, rod-pump controllers and holistic production systems

June 2002 Supplement 
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Case studies for Independent Producers
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Large-volume, gel-polymer treatments successful in Kansas's Arbuckle
Charlie Adams, Citation Oil and Gas Corp., Houston; and J. T. Portwood, TIORCO, Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas

Since 1997, TIORCO, Inc. has treated 21 Arbuckle wells in three Kansas fields – Bemis-Schutts (17 wells), North Hampton (3 wells) and Blue Hills (1 well) using its large-volume, proprietary MARCIT gel-polymer treatments.

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Rod-pump controllers profitable in East Texas operationsproperty
H. Pete Berg, Stetson Petroleum Corp., Denison, Texas; and Karl Sakocius, eProduction Solutions, Houston.

Stetson Petroleum Corp. purchased and installed rod-pump controllers, replacing time clocks, in 15 wells in its East Linden (Cotton Valley) field in East Texas.

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Holistic producing-well improvement reduces failures / servicing costs
Kent Gantz, Schlumberger IPM, Midland, Texas

Schlumberger IPM used the Producing Well Improvement Process (PWIP) in a Permian basin project with 900 active producers near Pennwell, Texas.

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