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Petroleum Institute and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. The
authors thank these two institutions for their cooperation in the
preparation of the final manuscript. The authors would also like
to thank the many petroleum production and service companies
that have assisted in this project.
In the detailed preparation of this work, the authors would like
to thank Jerry Hayes, Danette DeCristofaro, and the staff of
ExecuStaff Composition Services for their very competent prepara-
tion of the final pages. In addition, the authors would like to thank
Bill Lowe of Gulf Publishing Company for his vision and perseverance
regarding this project; all those many individuals that assisted in
the typing and other duties that are so necessary for the prepara-
tion of original manuscripts; and all the families of the authors that
had to put up with weekends and weeknights of writing. The
editor would especially like to thank the group of individuals that
assisted through the years in the overall organization and preparation
of the original written manuscripts and the accompanying graphics,
namely; Ann Gardner, Britta Larrson, Linda Sperling, Ann Irby,
Anne Cate, Rita Case, and Georgia Eaton.
All the authors and their editor know that this work is not
perfect. But we also know that this handbook had to be written.
Our greatest hope is that we have given those that will follow us, in
future editions of this handbook, sound basic material to work with.

William C. Lyons, Ph.D., P.E.
Socorro, New Mexico

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