This month in history: BP has conceptual breakthrough on viscous

20 years ago this month: New drilling, completion techniques, horizontal drilling into viscous formations, spurs Milne Pt volumes

Kristen Nelson

Petroleum News

Editor's note: This story first appeared in the April 18, 2004, issue of Petroleum News. When a single horizontal well was drilled to viscous oil on Alaska's North Slope in 1999, producers had taken what proved to be a significant step toward economic development of the 15 billion barrel resource. ....

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Viscous a third of BP's Alaska resource

Much has been accomplished

Plan size from five pads to one

Where next

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