On 13-6-2017 10:17, Stephen wrote:
> 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.)
>

Indeed yes. I forgot about that.

-- 
Thomas

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