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To: Deaf Smith
Water is non compressible. CO2 is. So I don't see how you could get comparable performance out of a gas in fracing operations. But I drilled wells. I didn't bring 'em in or do workovers.

We used compressed nitrogen several times to sweep cuttings out out of the well to free up a stuck string of drill pipe. It never worked. We always ended up spotting oil or shooting off, washing over then tripping in with an overshot and fishing. No fun at all.

16 posted on 06/01/2019 10:36:19 PM PDT by Free in Texas (Celebrate diversity. Own firearms of every caliber.)
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To: Free in Texas
I never understood the companies that were air drilling in the Devil's River valley of SW Texas back the then.

One crew burned off 3 lengths of drill collar.

20 posted on 06/02/2019 5:38:58 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Free in Texas

I didn’t even realize it had a liquid form. I thought at ordinary temperatures and pressures it went from gas to dry ice.


21 posted on 06/02/2019 7:22:56 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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