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From Oil and Gas Investor

Redrilling Monell

In an industry first, an abandoned field in Wyoming has been completely redrilled for enhanced oil recovery.
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From UW News

Proposed UW Energy School Tracks with State of the Union Energy Goals

The proposed University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) will address many of the energy independence goals discussed by President George W. Bush in his 2006 State of the Union address, says UW President Tom Buchanan.
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From @UWYO Newsletter

Report: Enhanced Oil Recovery Could Mean $Billions

Plans to increase oil production in Wyoming by as many as 1.2 billion barrels were outlined in a report to University of Wyoming trustees at their November meeting. Read the story.

From the Wyoming Business Report

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY ENHANCES STATE'S ECONOMY

Author: Dennis E. Curran

LARAMIE – Enhanced oil recovery could pump billions of dollars into the state’s economy, according to the director of the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute at the University of Wyoming.

EORI Director James Steidtmann told UW trustees in November that enhanced oil recovery could tap more than one billion barrels of “old” oil from existing Wyoming oil fields and could mean as much as $2 billion in revenue to the state in royalties and taxes over the next 20 years. Read the story.