Petroleum Independent articles from May 1994

Petroleum Independent archives from May 1994

Paving the way to greater production. (Petroleum Technology Tranfer Council)
May 1, 1994... In problem-solving, there are usually easy and difficult ways to come to an informed solution. For independent producers across the country, solutions to technology problems are about to get a whole lot easier to find. The Petroleum Technology...

3-D seismic: taking independents places. (seismic technology; oil and gas prospecting)
May 1, 1994... Gone are the days when the industry primarily associated 3-D seismic technology with the major oil and natural gas companies in the United States. Advances in technology are leading independents to unexpected oil and gas prospects. Some companies...

Reservoirs on desktop. (new desktop processing methods for the petroleum industry)
May 1, 1994... The increase in computer speed at the desktop has provided independent producers major math and graphic capabilities--and an opportunity to integrate the disciplines of geology, geophysics and engineering. One reason for the success of 3-D...

First derricks on the landscape. (historical sights and events in the petroleum industry)
May 1, 1994... Scenes captured on glass negatives and faded photographs show hundreds of wooden derricks, tanks and meandering pipelines crowding the muddy lanes. Pictured are the years following the Civil War in the "rock oil" region around Titusville, Pa.,...