Subj : Re: Gas Crunch
To   : Deuce
From : Finnigann
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 18:36:00

-=> Deuce wrote to Finnigann <=-

 De>   Re: Re: Gas Crunch
 De>   By: Finnigann to Deuce on Thu Sep 01 2005 11:18:00

 >  De> You still seem to be thinking of a vast underground cavern completely
 >  De> filled with oil.  this is exceedingly rare.
 >
 > I don't know how common it is or isn't. I know oil floats on salt water.
 >
 > There are alot of ways to coax crude oil from the ground. I don't know all o
 > them or even very many of them.

 De> The most common is steam injection... it makes it easie for the oil to
 De> flow through the rock into the cylinder.

Yes, I had heard of this method. I wasn't sure if it had been superceeded.

It's more expensive that drilling a high preasure dome and having it flow out
at 100bbl an hour.

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