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Acknowledgments

This work is the result of the efforts of many people who have contributed to
Applied Mathematics in previous editions. Since the early 1930s, the American
Petroleum Institute (API) sponsored the first oilfield mathematics books and
sponsored subsequent publications by PETEX by providing resources and
contributors.

Among these earlier contributors are:
Dois D. Dallas, Tanana Valley Community College

Bruce Whalen, PETEX Consultant
Tommy Bicknell, Sedco, Inc.
R. G. Carson, Exxon Co.

Charlie Smith, Conoco, Inc.
Howard Swaim, Conoco, Inc.
Lejeune Wilson, Sedco, Inc.

Jeanette Maddox, TRAINCO

Contributors to this current work include Maureen Watson, Fletcher Technical
Community College, and PETEX staff members Mary Lin, Virginia Dosher,
and Deborah Caples.

Petroleum Extension-The University of Texas at Austin

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