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Blowout and well control handbook / by Robert D. Grace with contributions by Bob Cudd [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7506-7708-2 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. Oil wells-Blowouts-Prevention. 2. Oil wells-Safety measures.
I. Grace, Robert D.

TN871.215.B56 2003
622'.3382-dc21

2003044883

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Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge my contributors, Mr. Bob Cudd, Mr. Jerald L. Shursen, and Mr. Richard Carden. As a close personal friend and associate for more than 30 years, Bob Cudd contributed not only to this writing but also...