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We have begun our 2014 planning!
Please send any thoughts/ideas about workshops, forums, meetings, etc. to awilcox@harcresearch.org
Please include suggested timing and location!
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Rice University
Joins EFD!
Rice University is the newest member of the EFD Alliance! Rice University has several initiatives that are complementary to the EFD Program, including their work on Graphene Oxide (GO). GO performs well as a filtration additive in water-based drilling fluids at concentrations as low as 0.2% (w/w) by carbon content. API filtration tests gave an average fluid loss of 6.1 mL over 30 min and leaving a filter cake of about 20 µm thick. GO solutions also exhibited greater shear thinning temperature stability compared to clay-based fluid-loss additives, demonstrating potential for high-temperature well applications. For more information about Graphene Oxide, contact Dr. Jim Tour at tour@rice.edu.
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GPRI at Texas A&M
in (and on) the News!
EFD Management Team Member Dave Burnett and his team were featured in the November issue of SPE's Journal of Petroleum Technology ( JPT - ' Seeking Lower-Cost Wasy to Deal with Fracturing Water') and on the news recently.
* Links to YouTube Website.
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Call for Papers
SPE African Health, Safety, Security and Environment and Social Responsibility Conference & Exhibition
10-12 June 2014
Deadline is November 24, 2013
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Artist Boat recently received two grants to serve oil and gas corporations from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) and the Texas General Land Office through the U.S Department of the Interior, Coastal Impact Assistance Program.
Through an 18-month grant, Artist Boat is offering Watershed Education Training (WET) -- a unique program that includes an on-site Eco-Art Workshop and an Eco-Art Kayak Adventure.
A second grant offers Stewardship Training in the Coastal Zone for Petrochemical Industry workers. This program includes a training workshop, a training experience at the NRG Energy EcoCenter nursery, and a marsh restoration adventure.
Artist Boat is excited to offer these two programs to a new audience in our area, and we are looking for corporate partners to bring their employees. Fun-filled, hands-on, teambuilding experiences will promote meaningful dialogue among co-workers in the oil and gas industry. These programs focus on our relationship to the environment through non-consumptive use of resources and will provide a springboard for future partnerships or initiatives to engage corporations in improving environmental quality.
If you would like more information about Artist Boat's Eco-Art Adventures for petrochemical workers or to schedule a program at your company, contact LuAnne Ashley at lashley@artistboat.org or (409) 770-0722.
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Environment 24/7
Are you recognizing the need to increase environmental stewardship within your organization?
Could an environmental incident significantly impact your bottom line?
Or maybe the organization has a good environmental record but you know more could be done.
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 George P. Mitchell and the Barnett Shale
An inspiring and informative story on this amazing man, referred to as "The Father of the Shale Gas Revolution," has been published in the November 2013 Journal of Petroleum Technology (JPT) issue.
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November 5 - 7, 2013:
Contact Dr. Lee Clapp for more information: lee.clapp@tamuk.edu
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Industry Calendar
Nov 4-6, 2013
Long Beach, CA
San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX
Pittsburgh, PA
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The EFD Team and PTTC held two valuable workshops last month.
Wellbore Integrity
Improving Zonal Isolation Practices
and
Natural Gas Power for Shale Development
Using Natural Gas Fuel for Drilling & Hydraulic Fracturing
Presentations from this workshop
can be found on the
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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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