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The EFD Team would like to wish all of our members and subscribers a wonderful holiday season!
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Dave Burnett and his mobile lab have completed a three-year NETL-DOE project to identify and perform field trials for new pre-treatment technologies for Marcellus Shale produced and frac flowback brine.
Pictured above, the team (Bobby Wood, Frank Platt, Dave Burnett & Carl Vavra) after completing 2 month trial in Washington and Armstrong Counties, PA. Tom Williams and Rich Haut at a frac pond at one of the trial sites in Washington County, Pennsylvania in August, 2012.
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Across its operations, Apache is developing oil and gas resources to improve the standard of living for people and communities all over the world. At the same time, the company is obligated to preserve the natural environment so it will continue to provide benefits to these same communities.
Apache uses new and proven technologies to reduce its draw on freshwater supplies, implements small surface rig sites when possible, and encourages the use of natural gas for electricity generation and transportation.
* from Apache's website
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Supporting Research Effort Proposal
A Study to Identify & Measure the
Environmental Impact of Onshore Drilling
A project has been proposed to conduct a study that will determine how resource development can occur without negatively impacting the environment. It would address current practices that impact the environment and the practices that have been developed in order to protect the environment, as well as aid in determining what we can do better.
This study will include information about changes in regulations and practices/perceptions related to environmental concerns that will affect drilling in different areas. Read more here...
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The Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA) manages a US Department of Energy R&D program for upstream oil and gas technologies. One project completed in the Small Producers subprogram has been vetted in laboratory trials as being ready for field demonstration. RPSEA has selected a follow-on project to accomplish the field trials pending final award. The original investigation team is assembled to conduct the field demonstration project.
Led by DaniMer Scientific, LLC, the team includes CSI Technologies, LLC, EnerPol, Texas A&M University and Ampak. The Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC) has agreed to participate in recruiting additional smaller producers for a project steering committee and to support technology transfer efforts.
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Feb 4 - 6, 2013 - The Woodlands, TXFeb 5 - 6, 2013 - Houston, Texas
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Send your suggestions, comments and/or feedback to
awilcox@harc.edu
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EFD to Speak
at TSPE
Texas Society of Professional Engineers - Houston Chapter
January 15, 2013
"Impacts of the Eagle Ford Shale Reserve"
Dave Burnett will be focusing on innovation and what it has done to change the industry as well as its potential for the next 50 years. He'll also discuss environmental innovation.
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EFD Members
SPE Papers Selected and Presented at the
Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition
The following papers were presented by EFD Members at the 2012 SPE - ATCE.
More papers to be added to upcoming newsletters.
SPE 158933: Experimental Evaluation of Real-Time Mechanical Formation Classification using Drill String Vibration Measurements SPE 159102: Wellbore Pressure Management in Unstable Shales: It's Not Just About Rocks SPE 159258: Effect of Capillary Pressure on Fluid Density and Phase Behavior in Tight Rocks and Shales SPE 159262: Laboratory Testing and Numerical Modelling of Fracture Propagation from Deviated Wells in Poorly Consolidated Formations |
Environmentally Friendly Drilling
Scorecard Prototype Tested
Two members of the EFD Scorecard team traveled to an operator's location in an upland woodlands ecosystem to test the scorecard with assistance from the operator's regional business offices. The operator, one of the sponsors of the EFD program, graciously offered this specific locale to work with the Scorecard Team in this effort. The team then traveled to the selected rig site to discuss the scorecard and other items with the rig crew.
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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.
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