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MSU field tests push oil and natural gas well-sealing technology closer to commercial application

January 18, 2018/

Aided by a one-of-a-kind mobile laboratory, Montana State University researchers and their industry partners are advancing a new way to fix leaking oil and natural gas wells: with rock-forming bacteria.

The MSU team recently towed the new lab — a 28-foot-long, double-axle trailer outfitted with pumps, a generator and specialized equipment — to Indiana for the first of three field tests to be completed this year.

by Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service

http://www.montana.edu/news/17399

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