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trivia
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Drilling or “making hole”
began long before oil or natural gas were anything more than flammable
curiosities found seeping from the ground. |
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calendar
EVENTS|
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Regional Events
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8/18 |
Rocky
Mountain:
Characterization of Madison Limestone
Petrophysical Properties, Preliminary Step for Sequestration Permitting
(Geoff Thyne, Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute, Univ. of Wyoming) – Golden, CO. |
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8/18 |
PTTC
WEBINAR:
CCS (and CO2 Flooding) in the Permian Basin
— 2:00 p.m. CDT |
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Industry Events |
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8/18 |
World Oil: Marketing in the Oilfield Conference
– Houston, TX. |
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8/18-19 |
Geothermal in the
Oil Field
(RMOTC, NREL, SMU) –
Casper, WY. |
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Information not yet available for events shown in
italics, please periodically check
pttc.org
for future information. |
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industry
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Presentations from RPSEA’s July 22
Forum on "Research and Technology Needs for Deepwater Development –
Addressing Oil Recovery
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DOE news
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DOE News:
DOE & Natural Resources Canada Provide
Additional $5.2 Million to Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage
Project |
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PTTC
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PTTC – Serving
Technology to Your Desktop – Upcoming Webinars -
Aug. 10, 10
am CDT: Environmental Mitigation
and Lifecycle Water
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AAPG
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AAPG Education -
e-Symposia Opportunities - Aug. 19, 2 pm CDT:
Challenging the Paradigm “Missing Section = Normal
Fault”
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trivia
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The spring pole,
which harnessed the resiliency of a bent tree; the
cable-tool, which introduced the wooden derrick; and the
rotary rig |
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