Xylem supplies pumps for oil production in West Africa The exploration and production of oil in West Africa has been growing rapidly over the past decade, with much demand for the oil from Europe and the USA. Several countries and multi-national oil companies are exploiting fields off West African coastlines – including Gabon and Congo – through on-shore plants and off-shore platforms. Using water to deliver oil Space on oil platforms is at a premium and is shared by many drilling technologies, as well as oil storage and facilities for workers. One such oil production technology is the provision of water to compensate the oil level in the natural oil field reservoir. Water pumped into the reservoir (mixed with oil and separated later) will replace the oil produced, maintaining pressure and

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