GET A PREVIEW OF THE CASE STUDY...... "WITH COMMODITY PRICE PRES SURES EVER-PRESENT, OUR CLIENT, A LARGE COAL MINER IN THE POWDER RIVER BAS IN SOUGHT TO ADDRES S THE LARGE COS T S AS SOCIATED WITH THEIR BLAS TING PROCES S BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF BULK EXPLOS IVES REQUIRED IN THEIR OVERBURDEN SHOTS . IT WAS CRITICAL THAT ANY ADAPTATION TO THEIR PROCES S WOULD S TILL GENERATE AN EQUIVALENT VOD..."