Over 40 people attended the 2008 SWC Fall Meeting at the Erie Sheraton Bayfront in Erie, PA, on September 8-9, 2008. The meeting focused on reviewing funding requests from twelve proposals requesting $1.62M.

The Executive Council met immediately following the close of the general meeting to consider all proposals. Six proposals were recommended for co-funding totaling over $722K.

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• A New Stimulation Technique to Improve Low Permeable Well-Bore Zone Characteristics
  New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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• Soil Amendment Product for Oil Field Brine Contaminated Soil
  RTA Systems , Inc.
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• Patented DownStroke Sucker Rod Pump Testing/ Validation Proposal
  Skillman DownStroke, LLC
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• Feasibility Study of Tellus Production Stimulator
  Tellus Hydrocarbon Development, Inc.
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• Proppants Derived from Ion Exchanged Mixed Glass Cullet for Use in Gas-laden Shale Formations
  The Pennsylvania State University
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• Wireless Low Cost Downhole Fluid Level Detector Alarm for Rod Pump Based Well Production Optimization
  Tubel, LLC
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Over 70 people attended the 2008 SWC Spring Meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel, Washington DC on April 24-25, 2008. The meeting focused on reviewing funding requests from twenty proposals requesting over $3.9M. Rep. John Peterson (PA) opened the meeting followed by a technology panel from past projects.

The Executive Council met immediately following the close of the general meeting to consider all proposals. Eight proposals were recommended for co-funding totaling over $842,000.

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• Electrochemistry, an Economical Solution for the Treatment and Purification of Produced Waters
  Greensburg Oil
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• Two-Phase Flow Impairment in Gas Gathering Systems: Problems, Detection and Solutions for Stripper Well Systems
  The Pennsylvania State University
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• Field Demonstration of a New Low Cost Hydraulically Operated Insertable Pump for Stripper Wells
  Salt River Engineering
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• A Optimizing Stripper Well Production with JLS Gas Drive Fluid Lifting System
  Jet Lifting Systems
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• Solar Powered Pump Jack for Stripper Wells
  R&A Moore, Inc.
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• Can a Simple Control Make More Oil?
  Oil Well Sentry
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• Demonstration of Directed Slotting-Fracturing Technology
  Hydroslotter Corp.
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• Validation of Incremental Oil Productions via Single Well and Reservoir Field Trials Involving in situ Stimulation of Indigenous Microorganisms
  RAM Biochemicals
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