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		<title>Week 9</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Presentation &#124; July 26, 2010 &#8211; Today begins the last week of my stay in Wyoming and second to last week of my internship. I have typed out everything I hope to cover in the presentation and rehearsed several times. Also conducted monte carlo simulations using my projected well data to create some fancy-looking graphs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/07/27/week-9/</link>
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		<title>Week 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Installing WCVR System &#124; July 19, 2010 &#8211; Installed the Weatherford CVR application. In total, 31 joints of 2 3/8 tubing were removed from the original assembly and 64 joints of 2 7/8 dead string were installed in its place. A crossover allows the two different diameters to be connected and a perforated sub allows [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/07/20/week-8/</link>
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		<title>Week 7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emissions Testing &#124; July 12, 2010 &#8211; Prepared a generator for emissions testing. A device is hooked up to the generator which will use power to the generator&#8217;s capacity, allowing a more accurate and stable reading of emissions.
Weatherford CVR &#124; July 13, 2010 &#8211; Obtained a water sample from the Red Desert 13-4 well. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/07/12/week-7/</link>
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		<title>Week 6</title>
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Workover Rig &#124; July 6, 2010 &#8211; Observed the setup of a workover rig. This rig&#8217;s objective is to perform maintenance on wells such as pulling the tubing to inspect for damages or holes without having to bring a drilling rig onto the site. 
Workover Rig &#124; July 7, 2010 &#8211; Observed the operation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/07/08/week-6/</link>
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		<title>Week 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer Project Presentation &#124; June 28, 2010 &#8211; Worked on getting some of the numbers together for the authorization for expenditure. Looked at gas analysis and various gamma ray logs, and got into the programs used in the field, such as Cygnet, DIMS, eVIN, and Wellview.
Drilling Rig &#124; June 29, 2010 &#8211; Went out to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/06/28/week-5/</link>
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		<title>Week 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pictures: Stakes for future well sites; Weatherford capillary injection
Intern E&#038;P Day &#124; June 15, 2010 &#8211; Attended an intern event at the Petroleum Club in Oklahoma City.
Compressor Technician &#124; June 17, 2010 &#8211; Shadowed a compressor technician while he performed maintenance on the field&#8217;s compressor stations. For the entire field, four compressor stations increase the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/06/17/day-15-compressor-technician/</link>
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		<title>Week 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pictures are of Halliburton&#8217;s trucks during the frac job
Below is a brief on my accomplishments during the third week of my internship.
June 4, 2010 &#8211; Day 9: Riding with a lease operator
I began reviewing the documents sent to me by Weatherford about the CVR. There is a lot of terminology, but from what I gather, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/06/04/day-8-riding-with-a-lease-operator/</link>
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		<title>Week 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a brief on my accomplishments during the second week (and Friday of the first week) of my internship.
Shadowing a production optimizer &#124; Day 5 (Friday, May 28, 2010) &#8211; Some more optimizing wells that could perform better. This last day in production optimization is important so that I can monitor the performance of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/05/28/day-5-shadowing-a-production-optimizer/</link>
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		<title>Week 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a copy of the weekly report I send to my supervisor each thursday.
Here’s a brief on my accomplishments and understandings over the first week of the internship. I tried to condense it as much as possible but there is so much to take in: 
Monday was essentially paperwork.
Shadowing a pumper &#124; Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.li-zhang.net/blog/2010/05/25/day-2-shadowing-a-pumper/</link>
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