The oil and gas exploration and production R&D newsletter, E&P Focus, is a quarterly publication highlighting the latest developments in R&D being carried out by NETL. E&P Focus promotes the widespread dissemination of research results among all types of oil and gas industry stakeholders: producers, researchers, educators, regulators, and policymakers. Each issue provides up-to-date information regarding extramural projects managed under the Strategic Center for Natural Gas and Oil’s traditional oil and gas program, the EPAct Section 999 Program administered by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), and in-house oil and gas research carried out by NETL’s Office of Research and Development.

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NEW! Fall 2009 Issue [PDF-3.29MB]
In this issue read about:

• Southern Alabama CO₂ EOR Project
• Major Oil Plays in Utah
• Unconventional Oil Development and Research
• Bakken Shale Development
• Seismic Stimulation
• Polymer Flooding

Summer 2009 Issue [PDF-4.31MB]
In this issue read about:

• Appalachian Shale Gas
• Optimized Re-Fracturing of Gas Wells
• Irrigating with CBM Water
• Fayetteville Shale GIS Data Online
• Subsea Processing Simulation
• Produced Water Treatment with Gas Hydrates

Spring 2009 Issue [PDF-3.12MB]
In this issue read about:

• Deepwater subsea power generation
• Alabama gas shale resources
• Near-miscible carbon dioxide EOR
• NETL's new HPHT drilling simulator
• Bakken shale research initiatives

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