Cooperation may be essential for oil development  Oklahoma's
small to mid-sized oil and natural gas producers are known for
being fiercely independent, but cooperation may be necessary to
develop new oil fields. By Adam Wilmoth Modified: November 30,
2012 at 9:12 am •  Published: November 30, 2012  The oil and
natural gas industry largely is made up of small, fiercely
independent companies.  While those firms often work together to
drill and produce multi-million-dollar wells, they also tend to
maintain a strong sense of competition and distrust.
Competition can be especially fierce as companies vie for the
best leases and for access to critical infrastructure, such as
power lines, pipelines and access to market.  While heightened
competition may work in some parts of the oil patch, the
Mississippi Lime play of northern Oklahoma and western Kansas
apparently requires more cooperation.  Three times over the past
two weeks, I've heard industry leaders talk about the need to
work together in the Mississippi Lim