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Materials Performance Magazine
I've been a tech writer for trade magazines like the Oil & Gas Journal and Materials Performance Magazine – plus desalter training manuals, computer user guides, a book on offshore platform automation, a monograph on CO2 flooding for the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and a gymnastics medical guide for 14-year-olds (see the page on books). With a chemistry degree from Rice summa cum laude and more than 20 years of experience, I can handle almost any level of scientific complexity.
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Transmission & Distribution World
I drafted this cover story for Quanta Services and Kansas City Power & Light.

The article describes how the two companies worked together to rebuild a 345-kV power line without ever disrupting service, the first time this had ever been done with so much electricity still flowing in the line. With the nation's power infrastructure in desperate need of upgrading, the new rebuild technology offered by Quanta Services is increasingly important.

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Hart's E&P Magazine
This article on underbalanced drilling was written for the technical guru at Weatherford.

Underbalanced drilling is a new technology that scares off many drillers — this article shows how profitable it can be, and how Weatherford's expertise makes it safe and effective.

I can handle just about any technology you can throw at me — and make it interesting to read about!

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Lubes 'n Greases Magazine
This cover story was titled "Winning the Lubrication Battle."

"Can a computer program bring push-button ease to lube scheduling? Can it give an edge to oil companies fighting for a share of the industrial market? And does the innovative software company that developed this program have market leadership on its mind?"

It helps to get off with a good lead!

Lubes 'n' Greases magazine