Getting steamed -- MegaWest Energy highlights thermal technology in weekend grand opening event

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

MegaWest Energy Corporation has started pumping steam into its 10-acre field just east of the Missouri-Kansas state line in anticipation of pumping the area's thick oil out. The company has 40 producing wells in the field which it anticipates will produce an average of 300 barrels a day once the steam has raised the temperature of the field enough to thin the oil. The company has pumped some oil out of the ground but not in significant quantities yet.

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