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AFIT API ACOE ADEM bbl bbl/min Bcf/D BFP-IFT BHPA BOD BTU BWPD

after federal income tax American Petroleum Institute Army Corps of Engineers Alabama Department of Environmental Management barrel(s) barrels per minute billion cubic feet per day below fracture pressure injection falloff test bottomhole packer assembly biochemical oxygen demands British thermal unit barrels of water per day

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CBM CMOP CN CNG CTP daf DCFROR

coalbed methane Coalbed Methane Outreach Program (EPA) compensated neutron compressed natural gas coiled tubing and packer dry, ash-free The interest rate necessary to make the sum of the present value of the investment equal to the sum of the present values of each years net cash flow. diagnostic fracture injection test U.S. Department of Energy drillstem test Energy Information Administration U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gallons grams per cubic centimeter gas in place Gas Research Institute (now known as GTI) hydroxyethyl cellulose Hardgrove grindability index horsepower hours hydroxypropyl guar

DFIT DOE DST EIA EPA gal g/cc GIP GRI HEC H.G.I. hp hr HPG

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IFT in. ISIP ISSOS LGB Mcf md MEI mg/L MMcf/D MMcf/min MRIL m.y.a. NGV NORM NPDES NPV PBU PE ppg REI ROR

injection falloff test inches instantaneous shut-in pressure in-situ state-of-stress low-gel borate thousand cubic feet millidarcy micro-electrical imaging milligrams per liter million cubic feet per day million cubic feet per minute magnetic resonance imaging tool million years ago natural gas vehicles naturally occurring radioactive minerals national pollutant discharge elimination system net present value pressure buildup (test) photoelectric pounds per gallon Resource Enterprises Inc. rate of return

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scf scfm SLM SP Tcf TD TDS TMRA USBM WPT

standard cubic feet standard cubic feet per minute straight line method of depreciation spontaneous potential trillion cubic feet total depth total dissolved solids Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act (1988) U.S. Bureau of Mines windfall profit tax; Windfall Profit Act (1980)

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