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EFD January 2016 Newsletter
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EFD Founders' Interview
As the Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) Program is wrapping up its 11th year in 2015, the program team is completing their annual sponsors' report. We thought this would be a good time to conduct an interview with EFD co-founders Tom Williams, Rich Haut and David Burnett, asking them to reflect on what they have learned and what they expect will be the key issues in the near future.
Comments we had from the annual sponsors meeting were positive and we appreciate everyone's feedback:
- We see value in being a sponsor because the EFD program operates as a not for profit and has developed a niche unlike any other industry focused organization; we like the fact the program collaborates with a large number of universities, service providers and associations, they do not own IP and they do not advocate.
- We believe the program strives to provide objective information and data we can use in our business planning. The EFD program has created a credible and energetic program that has brought together a diverse group of researchers.
- One of the best parts of your meetings is the networking opportunity. We wish you would provide more time for this important part of your workshops.
. We welcome any and all questions, comments, and feedback. Let us know how we can serve you! Please contact: Rich Haut - rhaut@HARCresearch.org Tom Williams - twilliams@LEIDLLC.com David Burnett - burnett@tamu.edu
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The EFD Alliance Members Map
Regional experts to address regional issues.
Contact us to learn more
and/or join the EFD Alliance!
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Call for Entries - RBPC  Applications opened last month for the 16th annual Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business (April 14-16, 2016).
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EFD initiated a study under its RPSEA Technology Integration Program (TIP). The objective of TIP is to identify various technologies that can develop natural resources in an environmental friendly manner and then document the results from field demonstrations. West Virginia and The Ohio State completed a Phase 1 report with the assistance of Newpark Drilling Fluids: "Rules, regulations, pending legislation, regionally published best practices that impact drilling operations, drilling fluids and cuttings."
This study is investigating environmentally acceptable drilling fluids systems that can function in shale formations and meet operational expectations. These fluids have the potential to benefit the operator as well as complying with the local regulations. The study is focused on the Marcellus and Utica researching publicly available well records from 2013 to present.
For more information and/or if you would like to be involved, please contact Tom Williams at twilliams@LEIDLLC.com
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We need your help!
The project team will gather and compile input from industry  subject matter experts (SMEs), environmental organizations and members of the EFD University and National Laboratory Alliance in order to develop the virtual offshore location and proposed hotspots of the VOST site. This group would serve as the EFD-VOST Advisory Committee. The involvement of this Committee to ensure that:
- Project deliverables will be useful to all stakeholders
- The actions/behaviors addressed are of priority
- Feedback from all stakeholders is incorporated into the final product
We are aiming for a meeting of SMEs in mid-January.
Please contact Tom Williams or Andra Wilcox
to participate in this valuable tool!
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TCEQ Emissions Reduction Workshop
EFD Team member Chris Ruffer attended the December 15, 2015 TCEQ Emission Reduction Grant Application Workshop held in Houston, TX.
TCEQ is rolling out the emissions reduction plan in a series of rounds. The first round will focus on on-road equipment that operates primarily in nonattainment counties.
EFD is happy to provide the notes from this workshop for all of our supporters.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas A&M - Marine Vibrator Joint Industry Project (MVJIP) featured in cover story of
Journal of Petroleum Technology
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Land Use Site Selection Information Tool (LUSSIT)
A multi-year project conducted between the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) - Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems (EFD) Program, the University of Arkansas' Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST), and Latitude Geographics was completed in December, 2015. The program enables operators to optimize oil and gas infrastructure placement through the use of powerful analytical tools and an intuitive collaborative design that leverages the Esri ArcGIS Platform. This program will help address environmental aspects, facilitate more effective communication, and reach the permit stage of oil and gas development more quickly. The program was successfully tested by Seneca in the Marcellus. Upon completion of this testing, Seneca has decided to add it to their toolbox!
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Save the Date
Texas A&M will hold their Annual
Water & Wastewater Course
April 19th & 20th, 2016
"Basics, Challenges, Solutions, and New Technologies"
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Feb 2-3, 2016 Houston, TX
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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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