On 6/13/2017 8:56 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>
>> Hmm! not really. It did take a few years to lay a gas pipeline after
>> putting down the oil pipeline. Remember in the early days it was very
>> expensive and there was not that much revenue coming in. Unlike the way
>> Norway developed their oil and gas. The UK gave tax concessions to
>> private companies to develop the oil and gas fields. And their bean
>> counters were more interested in profits.
>>
>
> That is right. Costs and profits...

And to be fair. When I started working offshore. There were already 
plans to begin injecting the gas separated from the oil back into the 
top of the formation to squeeze more hydrocarbons out of the middle. 
(Water was injected into the lower parts for the same reason.)

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Regards
     Stephen

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