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• Centrifugal pumps members of this committee. The total value of the
• Electric motors professional time required to create this book is
• Clear, specific directions for rig personnel enormous; some half jokingly say it rivals the
to ensure the proper operation of the shale budget of some states. Many members of this
shaker committee have been volunteers for more than 20
years—the industry owes them abundant acco-
In this book bold-faced words are further de- lades, which they will accept in lieu of royalties
fined in the Glossary at the end of the book. Such from the sales of this book. The committee would
words may appear more than once in the text if also like to express its appreciation to Gulf Pub-
it seems appropriate to assure the reader that a lishing Company for publishing this book in a dis-
definition is available. mal oil-patch economic environment.
This book required more than nine years to
write and edit. Patience, dedication, many long
hours of writing and editing, and evaluation of Leon Robinson, Ph.D.
the latest technology has been contributed by Committee chairman
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