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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Oil well drilling"”.
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Legal Aspects, Limitation, and Obligations of Oil Well Drilling With Special Refrence to North Dakota
<p>In the drilling of an oil or gas well, a person must first acquire the right to drill. This can be accomplished by the purchase of the land or of the mineral rights, although it is usually done by leasing the mineral rights. Before drilling, he must perform all operations required by the state …
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Salt Drilling Problems in North Dakota
… saline. The four major formations encountered in oil well drilling are the Prairie Evaporite of Devonian age, Mississippian Charles, Permian Opeche, and the Spearfish of Triassic age. A variety of drilling muds including gypsum, lime, high PH, barium carbonate, and saturated salt base muds have …
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Essays On Oil Price Volatility And Irreversible Investment
… for the volatility of daily spot</p> <p>crude oil prices. Empirical research over the past decades has uncovered</p> <p>significant gains in forecasting performance of Markov Switching GARCH</p> <p>models over GARCH models for the volatility of financial assets and crude</p> <p>oil futures. We …
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Nanoparticles as strengthening agents in polymer systems
… prepared with all types of alumoxane, as well as blank polymer resin and unmodified boehmite, underwent mechanical testing and were characterized by SEM and microprobe analysis. A nanocomposite composed of mixed alumoxane nanoparticles dispersed in PPF/PPF-DA exhibited increased flexural …
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Hydraulic fracturing design for horizontal wells in the Bakken formation, Williston Basin
… the use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, extraordinary amounts of oil and natural gas from deep shale formations across the United States and around the world are being safely produced. </p><p> Performing a hydraulic fracture design requires modeling of fracture propagation and …
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Geomechanics and elastic anisotropy of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin
… characterization seismic data processing and oil-field development.</p> <p>Deep shales are the most abundant yet least characterized sedimentary rocks in the Williston Basin of North Dakota. They are significant sources of hydrocarbon unconventional resources in this basin. This dissertation …
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The effect of oil-and-gas well drilling fluids on shallow groundwater in western North Dakota
<p> Upon completion of an oil-and-gas well in North Dakota the drilling fluid is buried in the reserve pit at the site. Reclamation of the drill site is expedited by digging a series of trenches which radiate out from the reserve pit, The majority of buried drilling fluid is ultimately contained …
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Contaminant migration of oil-and-gas drilling fluids within the glaciated sediments of north-central North Dakota
<p> A common practice during oil and gas well-site reclamation in North Dakota is to bury the drilling muds in shallow trenches near the borehole. These muds are saltwater based (between 100,000 and 300,000 mg/L of NaCl) and can contain high concentrations of chromium, lead, and other. toxic trace …
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Design and testing of an integrated catalytic membrane reactor for deoxygenating water using hydrogen for down-hole injection and process applications.
Water obtained from the sea contains dissolved oxygen (DO) and is considered to be undesirable for use in down-hole water injection or other process applications. The presence of DO leads to corrosion and other related problems and hence the need for its removal. Various methods are in place for …
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Finite difference modeling of oil recovery by waterflooding using horizontal well injectors
… used injection method for secondary recovery of oil reservoirs. The selection of a horizontal well or a vertical well as an injector is an important issue in waterflooding because these two types of wells can behave differently due to their orientation in the reservoir. Horizontal wells, due to …
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Factors influencing the incidence rates of injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry
… rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry. These incidents cause significant personal and economic burdens for employees, employers and the community in general. A sample of 484 participants were recruited from a workforce of 9800 employees (approximately 5%). …