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To: BigBull who wrote (41371)	3/31/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: pz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

A QUESTION A couple of friends have mentioned to me that they saw a news story on CBS news on Monday night, of a new type of pump jack, down hole pump, cavity pump....I'm not exatly sure what it was. Anyway...according to the news story this pump is supposed to be much cheaper to operate than what is currently in use and moves much more volume. It was some guy from Oklahoma who invented this equipment. I didn't get to see the story, but am very interested in seeing what it was about. Anyone happen to see anything about this? Any help would be appreciated. Paul

To: BigBull who wrote (41371)	3/31/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

BigBull, I'm not sure of any links to underbalanced drilling, it's so new- but I'm personally a big proponent of the technique. It is essentially underweighting your drilling mud so that you are drilling in an induced blowout status at all times- kinda tricky. But you can drill more rapidly, more cheaply, complete more easily, and do less damage downhole to the wellbore than in traditional drilling techiques. If you want the phone number of some one in a drilling group who can explain the technique in greater detail, shoot me a private e-mail note.... Sincerely, Doug F.