Oil well workers change drill pipe on an oil rig north of Peabody. The rig is drilling using a horizontal drilling technique, rarely used in Kansas, to bring life back to old wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Oil well workers change drill pipe on an oil rig north of Peabody. The rig is drilling using a horizontal drilling technique, rarely used in Kansas, to bring life back to old wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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With temperatures hovering around zero, an oil field worker changes a drill bit on an oil rig north of Peabody. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Lynn Watney, geologist with the Kansas Geological Society, shows the location of the drill bit on a computer monitor. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Lynn Watney, geologist with the Kansas Geological Society, describes how the horizontal drilling process works and what his team hopes to accomplish. Watney is studying the use of horizontal drilling to bring life back to old oil wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Doug Davis, a geologist with American Energies, points out the location of the drilling rig in Unger Field north of Peabody. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Lynn Watney, geologist with the Kansas Geological Society, points out the location of the well on a map of the oil field. Watney is studying the use of horizontal drilling to bring life back to old oil wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Computers monitor the progress of the drill head nearly 2,500 feet below the surface. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Lynn Watney, geologist with the Kansas Geological Society, points out the location of the well on a map of the oil field. Watney is studying the use of horizontal drilling to bring life back to old oil wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Oil well workers change drill pipe on an oil rig north of Peabody. The rig is drilling using a horizontal drilling technique, rarely used in Kansas, to bring life back to old wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Oil well workers change drill pipe on an oil rig north of Peabody. The rig is drilling using a horizontal drilling technique, rarely used in Kansas, to bring life back to old wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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Oil well workers change drill pipe on an oil rig north of Peabody. The rig is drilling using a horizontal drilling technique, rarely used in Kansas, to bring life back to old wells. (Jan. 12, 2011)
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