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Happy New Year to all EFD members, sponsors, advisory members, alliances, and colleagues!
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Latitude Geographics has helped people succeed with web-based geography by enabling them to make better decisions about the world around them. With partnerships and success stories around the world, Geocortex software by Latitude Geographics transforms how organizations design, develop and maintain Esri ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online web mapping applications. Esri is the world's leading GIS platform and in 2010 Latitude Geographics was recognized as an Esri Worldwide Partner of the Year and one of the first to be named as an Esri Platinum Partner.
Geocortex enables the adoption of Spatial Application Infrastructure (SAI), allowing organizations to do more; faster, at less cost and risk, and with better results. This unique off-the-shelf approach makes it easy for developers and administrators to create and maintain applications while ensuring end-users consistently benefit from a positive web mapping experience. Best of all, organizations effectively future-proof their ArcGIS investments by readily accommodating technology change over time.
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Oil & Gas Environmental Conference
EFD's own Dr. Richard Haut was a keynote speaker at the recent Oil & Gas Environmental Conference in Dallas, Texas. His presentation is available here:
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Fracturing Conference in Houston
On February 17 - 18, several of our EFD researchers, collaborators, sponsors and advisors will be participating in the upcoming
including Peter Bella/AACOG, Dr. Susan Stuver/TX A&M IRNR, Carrie Reese/Pioneer Natural Resources, Dr. Desikan Sundarajan/Statoil, Shane Cannon/Cummins Inc., Shawn Martini & David Holt/Consumer Energy Alliance, Dr. Gene Theodori/Sam Houston State University, Michael Smith/IOGCC, Robert Stewart/Lime Instruments, Ann Smith/GSI Environmental, Barry Stonehouse/Alcor Energy.
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Martz Summer Conference:
Save the Date!
On June 5-6, 2014, the Getches-Wilkinson Center, in conjunction with the
Air-Water-Gas Sustainability Research Network, will present:
Water and Air Quality Issues Associated with the Oil and Gas Boom:The Evolving Framework of Regulation and Management
Technical advances in unconventional oil and gas extraction have ushered in a new era of energy development, dramatically affecting economies, environments, and communities in key resource-rich pockets throughout the U.S. In this event, we review the ongoing efforts of governments and industry to develop the regulatory and management practices necessary to protect water and air resources. Some questions to be addressed include:
- Where does the industry get the water (and how much is used)? How does this impact water availability for other uses? Are source waters threatened?
- What happens to the produced and flowback water? Who owns (and is responsible for) this water? What is the life-cycle of water in fracking operations?
- How is air quality impacted and regulated?
- How are water and air contamination (and public health) monitored?
- What land-use rules, zoning practices, set-backs, and other requirements can be used to protect local resources and other community values? What level of government makes these decisions?
- What role does (should) oil and gas development play in a national energy policy?
- What types of "best management practices" offer the most promise for effectively managing competing objectives?
Information - Doug Kenney: douglas.kenney@colorado.edu
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Industry Calendar
Feb 4-5, 2014
Houston, TX
Feb 4-6, 2014
Fort Worth, TX
Feb 4-6, 2014
The Woodlands, TX
Feb 26-28
Lafayette, LA
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EFD-TIP
Case Study:
Chalk Hill Ranch - Dewitt County Field Trial 3
The November case study report is available now. This report discusses some of the studies the West Regional EFD Team focus upon, including:
Soil Study, Fecal Study, Water Treatment, Air Emissions, and Risk Assessments.
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featuring several EFD West Regional Center team members.
We have our own Vimeo channel with various other videos.
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Water & Wastewater: Issues, Challenges, Solutions and New Technologies
Equipment Demonstrations
April 15-16, 2014
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Water/Wastewater: Challenges and Treatment Options Equipment Demonstrations
August 5-6, 2014 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Contact: Carl Vavra carl.vavra@pe.tamu.edu
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As improved technological developments in directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing have resulted in a boom of oil and gas production nationwide, water quality laws pertaining to oil and gas are evolving as well. In an effort to compare water quality legal regimes across jurisdictions, the University of Colorado Boulder's Intermountain Oil and Gas Best Management Practices Project in partnership with Temple University's Public Health Law Research Program unveiled its Oil & Gas - Water Quality dataset on
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Joint Luncheon Meeting w/ API
Date: January 14, 2014
Place: Petroleum Club - Houston, TX
Speaker: Blake Scott, President, Scott Environmental Services, Inc.
Topic: "Innovations: Finding Savings in Solid Drilling Waste"
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The disappearing road (DR) project has been a multi-year project to design, test and evaluate multiple temporary and permanent road materials for use in harsh environmentally sensitive areas. This included a nationwide University competition sponsored by Halliburton to come up with potential designs as well as actual field trials of commercially available products.
DR is a critical component of the joint industry project Environmentally Friendly Drilling Program (EFD).
Click here for full report.
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How many new technologies/practices can you spot? |
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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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