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  1. Colorado: Sand Wash Niobrara program to start

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    Tue, 8 May 2012

    … it expects to begin an exploratory drilling program of as many as seven vertical and horizontal wells later this month in the Sand Wash basin of northwestern Colorado. The company, which holds 260,000 net acres across 936 sq miles in the basin, expects …

  2. DCP purchases Permian basin NGL line for use with Sand Hills

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    Fri, 2 Mar 2012

    … Midstream LLC’s wholly owned subsidiary DCP Sand Hills Pipeline LLC purchased about 60 ..... DCP will connect the acquired line to the Sand Hills Pipeline, providing incremental ..... second-quarter 2013. Construction of the Sand Hills Pipeline is under way, with segments …

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  1. ExxonMobil licenses sand -control technology

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    Tue, 7 Feb 2012

    … global license for proprietary oil-well sand -control technology to Weatherford International ..... provide a self-healing capability against sand entering the producing section of a well ..... secondary screen. If a primary screen erodes, sand flows into the affected compartment and …

  2. Colorado: Quicksilver pursues Sand Wash Niobrara

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    Mon, 8 Aug 2011

    Quicksilver Resources Inc., Fort Worth, has drilled three vertical wells on Niobrara prospects in the Sand Wash basin of northwestern Colorado and will start completion later in August. The company holds 210,000 net acres prospective …

  3. Special Report: Sand control unlocks shallow gas formerly regarded as drilling hazard

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    Mon, 2 Mar 2009

    … are producing and operators have detected sand in only one zone of the 7-in. completed ..... platform has a 10-µm filter for monitoring sand production from the wells. The seven wells ..... He added, “The small size of the sand grains in the formation made this one of …

  5. Special Report: Single solution controls produced water, sand

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    Mon, 15 May 2006

    … step process for attacking the problems of sand and water in a producing well. The new ..... different treatment solutions. The new water- sand control treatment is a less-invasive ..... lower costs and higher profits. Water, sand production Production of large amounts …

  6. South Texas tar sand pilots gearing up

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    Wed, 23 Jul 2008

    By OGJ editors HOUSTON, July 23 -- Preheating has started at one tar sand pilot and is due to start later this quarter at another pilot in the Maverick basin 125 miles southwest of San Antonio. Formation …

  7. Sand , gravel properties key to optimum designs

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    Mon, 26 Jan 1998

    … well completions require a knowledge of sand as well as gravel textural properties. These completion methods keep sand and fines from entering the well bore ..... cover key factors that influence effective sand control. The concluding parts will present …

  8. Erosion monitoring manages sand production

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    Mon, 28 Sep 1998

    … erosion measured on the probe elements and sand content when the process parameters are ..... velocity, because this gives the effective sand grain impact on the probe elements. It ..... parameters can be included later to provide a sand rate calculation over the monitored period …

  9. Thru-tubing sand control remediation expands

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    Mon, 30 Mar 1998

    … compromise between mechanical strength and sand control performance. The saving in wall ..... and mechanical stresses without losing sand retention characteristics. The sintering ..... structure that does not deform and unload sand under stress. Weight considerations also …

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