Industry Highlight: OTC's Spotlight on New Technologies -- 13 2006 Awardees 
It may be called the Offshore Technology Conference, but some of the recognized technologies have onshore applications. It behooves all to look at these recognized new technologies.

DOE Highlight: RD&D Yielding Results in Many Fronts

• “DOE-Funded Project Revives Aging California Oilfield” (March 10^th DOE Techline)

•  “Low Impact Natural Gas and Oil (LINGO)” in Eye on Environment (Winter 2006, Vol. 11, No. 1)

• “Drilling Advancements Essential to Deep Gas Recovery” in GasTIPS (Winter 2006, Volume 12, No. 1)

PTTC Highlight: “Hot Off The Press” Network News Newsletter

Selected articles from PTTC’s 16-page quarterly newsletter

• New Leadership – Gene Ames Assumes Chairmanship

• Hydraulic Fracturing in Tight Gas Sands – insights from recent Workshop Module

• Carbon Dioxide: Curse or Blessing?

• Proposals Advance in BLM’s Oil Shale Program

Trivia Question:  After some 20 years of chasing gold, Mike Murphy prospected for "black gold" and had much better success, drilling the well recognized as the first commercial oil well in Wyoming in 1883. What formation did this first oil production come from?

Trivia Answer: Drilling on the site of the "great tar spring" southeast of Lander, Mike Murphy and his brother found oil at 300 ft in what would become known as the Chugwater formation. This entire article provides a fascinating picture of an industry overcoming obstacles and remoteness to establish a viable industry. Current CO₂ flooding at Salt Creek demonstrates that persistence is still alive and well in Wyoming.