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In the
world of oil and natural gas,
engineers, geologists, and
drilling and production
departments tend to get the
lion's share of the credit
when good things happen, and
most of the blame when they
don't. That's fair, given the
crucial roles these groups of
employees play within the
thousands of companies that
make up the U.S. oil and gas
industry.
But in
recent years, as overall
domestic production has risen
at a pace no one could have
foreseen even five years ago,
the credit has begun to shift.
These human resources remain
indispensable to the success
of any company, but the
deployment of a raft of
advancing technologies has
played an ever-advancing role
over time in enabling
companies to maximize
recoveries and profits.
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