Proppant Prospects for Bauxite Mike O’Driscoll Evolution of fracturing 1860-1970: early days‚ small volumes proppant 1860s “oilwell shooting” 1947 Harris/ Clark Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.‚ Hugoton‚ KS 20‚000lbs sand mid-1950s more patents; 3‚000 wells/mth; 400 lbs sand‚ 20/40 mesh 1968 1.5m lb frac‚ Pan American Petroleum Corp. 1st 1930s “well acidizing”; “pressureparting” 1949 patent filed; excl. lic. Halliburton‚ Stephens OK‚ Orchard TX; 100-150lbs‚ 332 wells; 75% up in output mid-1960s water
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possible. 2. Should Dubinski recommend a large share repurchase to Blaine’s board? What are the primary advantages and disadvantages of such a move? Again‚ be specific. 3. Consider the following share repurchase proposal: Blaine will use $209 million of cash from its balance sheet and $50 million in new debt-bearing interest at the rate of 6.75% to repurchase 14.0 million shares at a price of $18.50 per share. How would such a buyback affect Blaine? Consider the impact on‚ among other
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Connie Hipes Process Analysis Paragraph Yates 209-942-1122 How to Potty Train A Puppy Potty training a new puppy takes a lot of time and patience. The first step is to establish a routine. Plan to take your puppy out every two hours. While you are potty training‚ be vigilant. Take your puppy out when you see him sniffing around or circling. Take your puppy out after he takes a nap and after he eats a meal. Also‚ always remember to praise your puppy. Treats are a good way to show the puppy
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Tyler Hatesohl Professor Giles English 209 April 11‚ 2011 Breakfast of Champions Assignment Although the overall message that American’s are “machines” is clearly stated to the reader‚ Kurt Vonnegut also includes many hidden themes throughout the text. These include race‚ class‚ gender‚ overpopulation as well as others. The narrator makes it clear to distinguish each new characters race in the novel. Throughout the text‚ it becomes clear that Vonnegut makes a clear distinction between
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One of the biggest goals in radiology is to keep the patient safe. There are many different ways to insure that the patient is safe when it comes to taking the perfect X-ray. One of the biggest and first things that the radiographers should do is confirm that they have the right patient. After confirming the patients name and date of birth the radiographer would also confirm the body part that is injured. Depending on the body part size and mass the radiographer would than determine how to set
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elders and failing. For example‚ when the eldest son goes to slay the dragon and asks for his father’s advice‚ he says‚ “How curious! The old man is not as wise as I thought. If I say something like that to the dragon‚ he will eat me up in an instant” (209). Also‚ when the middle son goes to slay the dragon and asks for his father’s advice‚ he says‚ “What an odd thing to say. The old man is not as wise as I thought” (211). These examples demonstrate that the two boys thought their father was wrong about
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Refugees face challenges most Americans cannot fathom. Each refugee experience is unique. Although many refugees are relocated to a new‚ safe country‚ the struggles they face do not end when they are resettled. New challenges emerge as they try to adapt to their new culture. Over half of refugees are children (McBrien 329). Thus‚ refugee children are forced to overcome many barriers. Cultural differences‚ language acquisition‚ and discrimination are major obstacles refugee children deal with (McBrien
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(O-E)² (O-E)² E Wild Type 1903 9/16 x 3345= 1882 (1903-1882)² = 441 411/1882 = 0.219 Cinnabar 608 3/16 x 3345= 627 (608-627)² = 361 361/627 = 0.576 Brown 536 3/16 x 3345= 627 (536-627)² = 8281 8281/627 = 13.2 White 298 1/16 x 3345= 209 (298-209)² = 7921 7921/209 =37.9 Total: 3345 Total: 3345 X²=∑▒((O-E)²)/E =
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Prevailing: the Answer for the Future HS10306 YooJeong Min http://happilyeveraftermylife.wordpress.com/ Source: News.au.com Monash University in Melbourne‚ Australia‚ has declared the groundbreaking news recently. With a device the laboratory is working on and a brain implant that will stir the visual cortex and optic nerve‚ blind people would be able to see the basic shapes; these eyes are called bionic eyes. "It will enable someone who is completely blind to see edges of tables and
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essay on a topic of my choosing written a unit test based on my study of the genre Essays to be studied in class: “Portrait of the Essay as a Warm Body” Cynthia Ozick (196) “Ka-Ching” Margaret Atwood (205) “Afternoon of an American Boy” E.B. White (209) “Guy Lafleur” Ken Dryden (243) “Get Beyond Babel” Ken Wiwa (295) Essay available for self-study: “Elegy in Stone” Steven Heighton (229) “Why I Write” George Orwell (263) “The Not-So-Deadly Sin” Barbara Kingsolver (273) “Wanderers by Choice” Eva Hoffman
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