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1/4 Century: What Was the Oil and Gas Industry Like in the Early 2000s? Part 2

Rextag

In the first part of this series, we explored the massive pipeline projects that crisscrossed the U.S., Led the development of the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline and spearheaded deepwater drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico. BP (British Petroleum) Central to the success of the BTC Pipeline, which diversified Europes oil supply routes.

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A Guide to Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

Drillers

The gushing itself would now be called a blowout and drillers nowadays have blowout preventers to stop the oil from springing up in a fountain. At offshore fields, water is abundantly available and at onshore fields drillers often use the water that comes out of the well along with the oil instead of disposing of it.

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