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Best practices for salt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico using rotary steerables
In drilling, experience has always been the best teacher, and improved efficiency and safety have topped the drilling report card.

Self-cleaning screen improves recovery, avoids costly workovers
Testing of a prototype sand screen with a surface-operated back-flush mechanism found that the tool efficiently and reliably removed sediment, allowing uninterrupted fluid inflow to the wellbore.

What's new in exploration
A Haynesville Shale symposium

Capturing digital rock properties for reservoir modeling
Comparative analysis shows that a digital core and a real core compare favorably when digital and real experiments are run.

US gas: Demand, supply and reserves
Demand for natural gas is rising while production of conventional natural gas is shrinking. Production of unconventional gas is growing, and combines with imports to fill the gap.

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