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September 2012
TIP Advisory Committee Meeting 

October 11, 2012


We successfully held two planning workshops to identify the plans that need to be developed for our EFD-TIP field test efforts. Detailed budgets and scopes of work are currently being developed that will be distributed to the EFD Advisory Committee at the end of September. The Advisory Committee will be receiving this information along with the details concerning the October 11th meeting that will be held in San Antonio.    

To complement our review of all technologies that may meet our EFD objectives, we used the University of Tulsa Abstracts to conduct a literature search of emerging technologies, particularly technologies that, if properly demonstrated, could address the environmental issues of oil and gas activities.

 

Partnership Highlight
Texas A&M  
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY 

Texas A&M University plays a key role in the expanding energy domain, particularly as home to one of the largest and most highly-ranked petroleum engineering  departments in the nation with a global reputation for solving significant research and technology development problems of critical interest to industry and government

* from TAMU's website 

Upcoming Events 

September 25, 2012
SPE Webinar: New Options for Produced Water Treatment and Re-use in Gas/Oil Shale Fracturing   

Join David Burnett for this free webinar that will focus on the rapid onset of various techniques available to manage produced water in unconventional development.  

Click here to register.  

  

September 29 - October 3, 2012    

WEFTEC Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana  

The 85th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition & Conference will be held at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center. Frank Platt will be speaking on October 3rd.

Click here for registration and more details.  

  

October 3 - 4, 2012

Water and Energy in Texas; College Station, Texas 

Conventional Energy Technologies Panel, Stephen Holditch, David Burnett and Skill Mills presenting.

 Click here for information.  

 

October 4 - 5, 2012  

AWI Water & Energy: Upstream Supply & Demand Management Strategies; Houston, Texas  

David Burnett will be speaking on October 4th.

Water & Energy: Supply & Demand Management Strategies for Energy Independence is a vital and timely forum that will bring together senior executives, thought-leaders, regulators, technologists and financiers from both industries for a dynamic discussion on the future of Water & Energy in North America. 

    

October 8 - 10, 2012

SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition;

San Antonio, Texas

This conference strives to bring together emerging technologies; state-of-the art innovations; leading-edge companies and organizations; and thousands of engineers, scientists, managers, and executives.

Click here for more details.  

 

October 17 - 18, 2012

Texas Alliance of Energy Partners

21st Century Energy Technology Trade Show & Conference; Houston, Texas

Come visit the EFD booth! 
This is is the official "kickoff event"for Houston's Energy Week. The two-day conference on October 17-18 will highlight the latest cost-saving technological advances.
   

October 21 - 24, 2012

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Annual Convention 2012; Austin, Texas

"Solving for E3 - Energy, Environment, Economy" Deadline for abstracts has passed. 10 to 20 articles will be selected by their editorial board to be included in their "Memoir Series: Gulf Coast Geology" collection.  

Click here for more details.    

Call for Abstracts 

IADC Health, Safety, Environment & Training Conference & Exhibition 

February 5 - 6, 2013 - Houston, Texas

Deadline for Proposed Papers is September 27, 2012     

 

SPE Unconventional Resources Conference

April 10 - 12, 2013 - The Woodlands, Texas  

Deadline for Papers is September 27, 2012

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference 
August 12 - 14, 2013 - Denver, Colorado
 

  

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2nd Annual
Governor's Energy Conference
October 4, 2012
Oklahoma City, OK

From their press release:
"This conference brings together industry leaders as well as key policy makers to discuss the future of American-made energy and the path forward to energy independence."

To register, contact Melissa Cory at:
(405) 208-5540 or MCory@okcu.edu
EFD Program Highlighted
in Hart Energy's


The Hydraulic Fracturing Techbook is the first in a series of Techbooks in which Hart Energy will provide comprehensive coverage of effective and emerging technologies in the oil and gas industry. Each Techbook will include a market overview, a roster of the key technology providers, case studies of field applications, and exclusive analysis of industry trends relative to the specific technology.  

 

The chapter, 'Environmentally Friendly' No Longer an Oxymoron to Oil and Gas, pages 85 - 92, reviews how the EFD program is coordinating efforts to bridge the gap between business and environmental initiatives.

 

Ukraine Shale Gas:
Environmental and Regulatory Assessment 
and 
Legal and Regulatory Analysis 
  
This report represents the collaboration of a diverse team of disciplines from three countries. Supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Team organized by the International Resources Group (IRG) has endeavored to address the key issues that could arise in contracting for exploring, producing, and regulating shale gas in Ukraine. 
 
Subject-matter specialists
on the Team include:
Houston Advanced Research Center 
University of Leoben 
University of Colorado - 
Natural Resources Law Center 
JurEnergo 
International Resources Group 
   
EFD-TIP Members Presenting at Upcoming Conferences   

 
Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition, October 3
Frank Platt - Managing Water and Wastewater From Shale Gas Extraction  

AWI Water Standard: Water and Energy Meeting, October 4 
David Burnett -  Produced Water as a Profit Center - From Waste to Reuse  

The EFD program, funded by federal, state and foreign government agencies, industry and environmental organizations, provides unbiased science to policy makers and identifies, develops and tests new technologies, processes and systems to reduce the environmental footprint associated with oil and gas activities, from well site selection through natural gas compression. The program, approximately $4 million per year, is engaged in research and technology transfer activities from the Western Slope of the Rockies to the Ukraine, and from the North Slope of Alaska to Columbia (South America). Research includes land, air and water issues, as well as public perception investigations. The program was honored with the Chairman's Stewards Award for Environmental Partnership at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. For more information, see: www.efdsystems.org.