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  • 06/01/12 Recompletion Operations Resume at Telemark Hub Source: Rigzone ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (ATPG) on Friday announced that it has resumed recompletion operations at the Mississippi Canyon (MC) 941 A-2 well at the company's Telemark Hub. The recompletion was suspended while the company recovered a piece of tubing that was stuck in the casing.
  • 05/23/12 Police Search For Thief Who Pours Lighter Fluid On... Source: CBS - KCNC 4 - Denver CO Police in Colorado Springs are searching for a man who pours lighter fluid on his victims and threatens to set them on fire before robbing them.
  • 05/09/12 Fill-up and Circulation Tool supports pressures to... Source: ThomasNet A new High Pressure Fill-up and Circulation (HPFAC) tool from DrawWorks, L.P. allows operators to fill-up, circulate and take flow-back while casing is being run.
  • 05/03/12 BP unveils new well capping system Source: Houston Chronicle - Houston TX Sitting at a construction yard along Houston's Ship Channel is a 35-foot-tall, 100-ton hunk of steel that its owners hope never to use.
  • 04/30/12 Wavefront Technology Solutions, Inc. (WFTSF: OTC Link)... Source: Pink Sheets LLC EDMONTON, Alta April 30, 2012- Wavefront Technology Solutions Inc. ("Wavefront" or the "Corporation", TSX-V: WEE; OTCQX: WFTSF), a pioneer in fluid injection optimization for improved performance and profitability in the oil and environmental sectors, announces its financial results for the second quarter ending February 29, 2012.

Background on oil wells

An oil well is a general term for any boring through the Earth's surface that is designed to find and acquire petroleumoil hydrocarbons.

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