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One Hundred Octopi and Counting: Lessons in Online Solids Management

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

A horizontal separator is typically the first piece of equipment downstream of the wellhead choke, dividing the flow into gas, oil, and water streams based on density difference. This proven equipment runs smoothly, requiring predictable maintenance, until a fourth phase comes along: solids. paraffins, waxes, and asphaltenes.)

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Five Lessons Learned from Executing Shale Drilling Transactions

The Energy Law

Many oil and gas properties have (a) unconventional shale formations that may be exploited with horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing and (b) conventional formations that may be exploited with traditional vertical wells. Take into account lease maintenance requirements. The Five Lessons 1. Take advantage of the geology.