In fact, the first discussion about marginal fields started on I-hub around July 4, 2005:
Paradigm software helps increase the profitability of marginal fields
Mr. Ben Umoren, Assistant Director, Drilling and Production at the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), speaking on behalf of the DPR Director, Mr. Mac Ofurhie, urged marginal field operators in the country to develop technologies that will enhance field development to make it more economically viable. "Paradigm has taken a giant step in producing sophisticated software to tackle the challenges of oil fields", said Mr. Umoren. "Progress in the marginal fields will create jobs for future generations of geoscientists, enhance their technological skills, and increase the country's barrels of oil production per day. These marginal fields were not operated in the past because it was not economically and financially profitable to do so. But advancements in technology are increasing the profitability of these fields, and Paradigm is in the forefront of this technology."
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That's right, not even 10,000 posts in, you guys were talking about this, long before ERHC started talking about marginal fields.
Krombacher - the above may be wrong