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Building on experience gained from multiple "Produced Water" workshops in Oklahoma and Arkansas, six additional workshops have been scheduled in the Appalachian, Midwest and Texas regions (see regional websites for information). The base manual for these workshops is online at www.pttc
.org/pwm/produced_water.htm. A producer’s panel session in the Michigan workshop will explore local application of those technologies.

PTTC recently participated in the joint meeting of SPE's Western Region and AAPG's Pacific Section, developing an "Independent's Day" program for the Long Beach meeting. Speakers focused on technologies that were working, and what insights are generally applicable. Key insights are presented within the state-of-the-art summary of this issue (pages 8-9). In the coming months, PTTC will be making a significant contribution to the joint SPE/AAPG Eastern Section meeting in Pittsburgh (early September) and AAPG's Midcontinent Section meeting in Tulsa (October).

Reading The Rocks

Studying the rocks in West Texas to "Locate and Recover Remaining Hydrocarbons" during a May 29 workshop sponsored by PTTC's Texas Region, the Bureau of Economic Geology, and University Lands West Texas Operations. Material focused on reservoir characterization issues in Ellenburger and Clear Fork reservoirs and also included the results of recent studies of unconventional gas resources in the Yates formation.