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Archive Home > 2011 > November > 02 > New technologies revive fading oil fields

New technologies revive fading oil fields

• The boost in production is helping to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign petroleum

By Ronald D. White / The Bulletin
November 2, 2011

LOS ANGELES — In a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper, Hal Washburn is drilling for oil.

Using a black high-definition computer screen, the petroleum engineer traces the ghostly white outlines of century-year-old vertical oil wells punctuated by the bright green and red of more recent efforts. The....

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