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Reference Shelf
Welcome to the NETL Oil & Natural Gas Technologies Reference Shelf.  Recently released and in-demand reference materials are available directly from this page using the links below.

Solicitations:
SCNGO Funding Opportunity Released The intent of this Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to initiate R&D to address a broad spectrum of environmental, and exploration and production (E&P) issues associated with unconventional oil and gas resource development, including those associated with the Bakken Shale of North Dakota and Montana, the Arctic North Slope and other frontier resource areas. For more information regarding the FOA, please visit the DOE-NETL business / solicitation website.

Gas Storage Technology Consortium(GSTC) Request for Proposals Proposal submission is due April 2, 2008 at 4:00 PM EST. All proposals received in response to the request will be heard at the GSTC spring meeting in Chicago, Illinois on April 17-18, 2008. Full details and proposal applications can be found at the GSTC website.

DOE-NETL Methane Hydrate Program Releases Research Funding Opportunity   The Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) on January 30, 2008 focused on soliciting research that will support ongoing efforts to determine the potential of methane hydrates as a future energy source. The funding opportunity seeks proposals that will: 1) evaluate opportunities for production testing in Alaska; 2) develop production systems for high-saturation subsurface sandstone reservoirs; and 3) develop new tools for detecting and characterizing hydrates via remote sensing applications, particularly deep marine electro-magnetics (EM), in association with new or ongoing field projects. DOE is also anticipating an additional request for projects probing the links between gas hydrates and global climate/global carbon cycling at a later date. For further information regarding the FOA, please visit the DOE-NETL business / solicitation website .

Projects:
Detailed project descriptions, including links to project related publications and publically available deliverables, are provided for many of the Oil and Natural Gas Technology program's current and completed projects.

Publications:
        Newsletters | Brochures | TechLines | Reports | Factsheets

Newsletters:   Subscription Information

  • GasTIPS: GasTIPS, produced in partnership between the National Energy Technology Laboratory and the Gas Technology Institute, highlights natural gas technology research in the gas exploration, production, and processing areas.
  • Fire in the Ice: A quarterly publication highlighting the National Methane Hydrate R&D Program
The following newsletters are no longer published.  Past issues are provided as historical information.
  • Eye on Environment: Eye on Environment highlights DOE's Oil and Gas Environmental Research Program
  • E & P Focus:  E&P Focus highlights NETL's oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) activities.
  • Class Act: A publication highlighting DOE's Reservoir Class Program
  • Downstream Details: A technology transfer newsletter highlighting downstream projects

Brochures:

Reports: //Archive 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

Exploration & Production

Gas Hydrates

Transmission, Distribution, & Storage

Factsheets: //Archive 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

TechLines: //Archive 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
Announcements describing technical progress in a particular project or program area.

  • July, 2007:  DOE-Led Partnership Creates Tool to Raise Output of Non-Conventional Natural Gas This project has successfully demonstrated a new technology that will help optimize the output of natural gas from the often-grudging non-conventional gas reserves on which the U.S. will have to depend for half its domestic production in the future.
  • July, 2007: Oil and Natural Gas Program Uses Stranded Gas to Revive Oil Production A DOE project, managed by NETL, is turning "stranded" natural gas at marginal, or low-production, oil fields into fuel for distributed electric power.
  • June, 2007: DOE's Produced Water Program Yields New Web Tool  NETL, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, has developed the Produced Water Management Information System (PWMIS), a new a web-based tool designed to help America's oil and natural gas producers tackle produced water, one of their toughest environmental challenges.
  • June, 2007: New Seismic Technology Improves Pre-Drill Diagnostics for Deep Oil and Gas Reservoirs  New technology developed through a cost-shared project managed by NETL is improving industry's ability to identify commercially viable deep oil and gas targets prior to drilling.
  • June, 2007: DOE Oil Recovery Project Extends Success through Technology Transfer A groundbreaking oil-recovery project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is coming to a close, but its success will continue to be felt throughout the United States and the world. Technology transfer has been a major and ongoing benefit from this project, which was managed by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
  • May, 2007: Archive of Unconventional Gas Research Data Now Available The compiled research and development (R&D) reports chronicle work carried out during the 1980s and 1990s that played a vital role in helping to meet the nation's growing demand for natural gas. This archive includes nearly 1,400 documents.
  • May, 2007: NETL Reports Provide Important Information for Deep Gas Explorers  Two comprehensive reports provide detailed geologic information of the Northern Appalachian Basin and northeastern Gulf Coast regions. These reports are an important source of information for companies interested in exploring these regions for deep gas, enhancing the likelihood that trillions of cubic feet of natural gas can be added to our Nation’s domestic supply of energy
  • May, 2007: Research Opens Way to 218 Billion Barrels of By-Passed Domestic Oil A new computer tool, developed as part of a NETL-managed project, will increase recovery of up to 218 billion barrels of by-passed oil remaining in mature domestic fields. The nation's current proven reserve is 21 billion barrels.
  • May, 2007: First Round Winner of the new Methane Hydrate Research Fellowship Program Announced   Ms. Monica Heintz, a Ph.D. student at the University of California at Santa Barbara, has received the inaugural award, which is part of a new NETL program that provides support for graduate and post-graduate scientists in fields related to the study of methane hydrates.
  • April, 2007:  DOE-Supported Oil and Gas Advances Garner Prestigious Innovation Award Two DOE/NETL-sponsored technological advances that could help increase U.S. recoverable reserves of oil and natural gas have won awards for engineering innovation and will be recognized at this year's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. The technologies are slated to receive the Hart's E&P Magazine Special Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.

Software:

 
Presentations:: //Archive 2005

  • Upcoming Presentation – April 16-17, 2008: The presentation “Protecting Our Country’s Resources: The States’ Case” by Harold Fitch will given: (1) for House staff on April 16th at 10:00 AM in Rayburn 2218 sponsored by Congressman Stupak of Michigan, (2) for Senate staff on April 17th at 11:00 AM in Dirkson 366 under the sponsorship of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, (3) for Environmental NGOs on April 16th at 2:00 PM at the IOGCC offices, and(4) for DOE Office of Fossil Energy Staff at Forrestal Building on April 17th at 9:00 AM. http://www.iogcc.state.ok.us [external site] The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT15567, “Technology’s Impact on Production: Developing Environmental Solutions at the States and National Level.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 19-20, 2008: The presentation “Barnett, Woodford, and related mudrock successions in Texas Cores and outcrops” by S. C. Ruppel, J. F. Gale and R. G. Loucks, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, Field trip #6 in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 20-23, 2008: The presentation “Geologic Controls on the Occurrence of Gas Hydrates in the Indian Continental Margin: Results of the Indian National Gas Hydrate Program (NGHP) Expedition 01” by T.S. Collett and the India NGHP Expedition 01 Scientific Party will be given at the 2008 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April 20-23, 2008, San Antonio, Texas, USA. ( http://www.aapg.org/meetings/annual.cfm [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Scientific Studies in Support of DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 22, 2008: The presentation “Gas Hydrate Research and Stratigraphic Test Results, Milne Point Unit, Alaska North Slope” by Robert Hunter (ASRC Energy), Scott Digert (BPXA), Tim Collett (USGS), Ray Boswell (USDOE), will given at the AAPG National Meeting, San Antonio, TX in the Gas Hydrate session, Oral Presentation. (http://www.AAPG.org [external site]) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-01NT41332, “Resource Characterization and Quantification of Natural Gas-Hydrate and Associated Free-Gas Accumulations in the Prudhoe Bay – Kuparuk River Area on the North Slope of Alaska.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 22, 2008: The presentation “The Barnett Shale of the Southern Fort Worth Basin; Comparison of Depositional Setting, Lithofacies, and Mineralogy with Equivalent Deposits in the Northern Basin” by R. G. Loucks and S. C. Ruppel, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, oral session chaired by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 22, 2008: The presentation “The Devonian Woodford Formation of the Permian Basin: Complex Depositional and Temporal Variations Across an Anaerobic Marine Basin” by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, oral session chaired by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 22, 2008: The presentation “Morphology, Distribution, and Genesis of Nanometer-Scale Pores in the Mississippian Barnett Shale?” by R. M. Reed, R. G. Loucks, D. M. Jarvie, and S. C. Ruppel, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, oral session chaired by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 22, 2008: The presentation “Natural fractures in shales: Origins, characteristics and relevance for hydraulic fracture treatments” by J. F. Gale and J. Holder, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, oral session chaired by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 23, 2008: The presentation “Mississippian Barnett Formation: Bulk geochemical constraints on the severity of hydrographic restriction and the biogeochemical cycling and fate of iron” by H. Rowe, R. G. Loucks, S. C. Ruppel, and S. Rimmer, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, oral session chaired by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 23, 2008: The presentation “Mississippian Barnett Shale: Characterization and concretions” by R. J. Day-Stirrat, R. G. Loucks, K. L. Milliken, and B. A. van der Pluijm, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, poster session chaired by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 23, 2008: The presentation “Shell and Grain Layers in the Barnett Shale; Event Deposition or In Situ Accumulations?” by R. G. Loucks and S. C. Ruppel, will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, poster session chaired by S. C. Ruppel and R. G. Loucks in San Antonio, Texas, April 20-23, 2008. (http://www.aapg.org) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – April 24, 2008: The presentation Geological complexities in shale gas systems” by S.C. Ruppel will be given at the AAPG National Convention, San Antonio, Texas, April 19-24, “The Geology of Mudrocks”, Short Course, “Coalbed Methane and Shale Gas Exploration Workshop”. (http://www.aapg.org) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15509, “Integrated Synthesis of the Permian Basin: Data and Models for Recovering Existing and Undiscovered Oil Resources from the Largest Oil-Bearing Basin in the United States.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 7, 2008: The industry workshop “Hydraulic Fracturing and Sand Control” by multiple presenters, will held at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, May 7, 2008. (http://www.cpge.utexas.edu) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42955, “Design and Implementation of Energized Fracture Treatments in Tight Gas Sands.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 5-8, 2008: The presentation “Geology of Marine Gas Hydrates and Their Global Distribution” by T.S. Collett will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., May 5-8, 2008 ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site]) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Scientific Studies in Support of DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 7, 2008: The presentation “Scientific Objectives of the Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate JIP Leg II Drilling” by E. Jones T. Latham, D. McConnell, M. Frye, J. Hunt Jr. W. Shedd, D. Shelander, R. Boswell K. Rose, C. Ruppel, D. Hutchinson, T. Collett, B. Dugan, W. Wood will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site]) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Scientific Studies in Support of DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 7, 2008: The presentation “On the Performance of Class 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Deposits During Co-Production With Conventional Gas (OTC 19435)” by George J. Moridis, Matthew T. Reagan, and Keni Zhang, will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 7, 2008: The presentation “Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Production from Class 2 and Class 3 Hydrate Deposits (OTC 19554)” by Matthew T. Reagan (speaker), George J. Moridis, and Keni Zhang, will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 8, 2008: The presentation “Feasibility of Monitoring Gas Hydrate Production with Geophysical Methods” by M.B. Kowalsky, S. Nakagawa, and G. Moridis, will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 8, 2008: The presentation “Coupled Hydrological, Thermal and Geomechanical Analysis of Wellbore Stability in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments (OTC 19672)” by Jonny Rutqvist, George J. Moridis, and Tarun Grover, will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 8, 2008: The presentation “Mechanical strength and seismic property measurements of hydrate-bearing sediments (HBS) during hydrate formation and loading tests (OTC 19559)” by Seiji Nakagawa, Timothy J. Kneafsey, and George J. Moridis, will given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project ESD05-048, “Laboratory Studies in Support of Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 8, 2008: The presentation “Permeability of Laboratory-Formed Hydrate-Bearing Sand (OTC 19536)” by Timothy J. Kneafsey (speaker), Yongkoo Seol, Arvind Gupta, and Liviu Tomutsa, will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project ESD05-048, “Laboratory Studies in Support of Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 8, 2008: The presentation “Mechanisms by Which Methane Gas and Methane Hydrate Coexist in Ocean Sediments” by Maša Prodanovic (speaker), Javad Behseresht, Yao Peng, Steven L. Bryant, Antone K. Jain and Ruben Juanes will be given at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008. ( http://www.otcnet.org/2008/index.html [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – May 12-15, 2008: The presentation “Microcontroller with Memory for Extreme Temperature Applications” by R. Sridharan, H. M. Soo, C. Hutchens, C. M. Liu, Z. Yuan, S. Velore, J. Gaisler, M. Willett, and V. Madhuravasal, will be given at the International Conference on High Temperature Electronics (HiTEC 2008), Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 12-15, 2008. (http://www.imaps.org/hitec/exhibitinfo08.htm). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-05NT42656, “Design of a 275o C Downhole Microcomputer System Integrated Circuit.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – June 11, 2008: The poster “Towards a Unified Imaging Procedure for 2-D Land Multichannel Seismic Data Jaiswal, Priyank, Zelt, C.A., Rice University, and Dasgupta, R., Oil India Limited, will be given at the 70th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) Conference and Exhibition, Rome, Italy, June 11-14, 2008 (http://www.eage.org/events/index.php?eventid=57&Opendivs=s2 [external site). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42960, “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrate.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – July 1, 2008: The presentation “Development of a Numerical Simulator for Analyzing the Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” Jonny Rutqvist and George J. Moridis, will be given at the 42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, California, June 29-July 2, 2008. (http://www.armarocks.org and http://www.armasymposium.org [external sites). The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – July 2, 2008: The presentation “Grain scale modeling of coupled flow and mechanics: implications for methane hydrate in ocean sediments” by Ruben Juanes (speaker) and Antone K. Jain will be given at the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8) – European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Venice, Italy, June 30-July 4, 2008. ( http://www. iacm-eccomascongress2008.org [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – July 8, 2008: The presentation “Pore scale mechanistic study of the preferential mode of hydrate formation in sediments: Coupling of fluid flow and sediment mechanics” by Ruben Juanes (speaker) and Antone K. Jain will be given at the International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Vancouver, Canada, July 7-10, 2008. ( http://www.icgh.org [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-Existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – July 9, 2008: The presentation “Reactive transport modeling of oceanic gas hydrate instability and dissociation in response to climate change” by Matthew T. Reagan and George J. Moridis, will be given at the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 9-12, 2008. ( http://www.icgh.org [external site] ) The presentation is related to the NETL project ESD07-014, “Interrelation of Global Climate and the Response of Oceanic Hydrate Accumulations.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – July 9, 2008: The presentation “The Use of Horizontal Wells in Gas Production from Hydrate Accumulations” by George J. Moridis, Matthew T. Reagan, and Keni Zhang, will be given at the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 9-12, 2008. ( http://www.icgh.org [external site] ). The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – July 10, 2008: The presentation “Geomechanical Response of Known Permafrost Hydrate Deposits to Depressurization and Thermal Loading” by Jonny Rutqvist, George J. Moridis, and Timothy Collett, will be given at the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 9-12, 2008. ( http://www.icgh.org [external site] ). The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • Upcoming Presentation – July 10, 2008: The presentation “Geomechanical Response of Known Permafrost Hydrate Deposits to Depressurization and Thermal Loading” by Jonny Rutqvist, George J. Moridis, and Timothy Collett, will be given at the 6th International Conference on Gas Hydrates 2008, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 9-12, 2008. ( http://www.icgh.org [external site] ). The presentation is related to the NETL project G308-01, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • March 8, 2008: The presentation “Decreasing Air Emissions Impacats from Oil and Gas Development” by Charles B. McComas, PE; J. Daniel Arthur, PE; Gerry Baker; G. Lee Moody; and David B. Cornue, PG, CHMM, will held at the American Chemical Society (53rd Pentasectional Meeting) – Halliburton Energy Services Technology Center, Duncan, OK, March 8, 2008. (http://www.acs.org [external site]) The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42937, “Reducing Onshore Natural Gas and Oil Exploration and Production Impacts Using a Broad-Based Stakeholder Approach.” View abstract and other project information.
  • February 6, 2008: The paper “Physical properties of sediment from the 2006 National Gas Hydrate Program expedition offshore India” was given at the International Conference on Gas Hydrates sponsored by India’s Directorate General of Hydrocarbons at Noida (New Delhi), India, February 6–8, 2008 (http://www.dghindia.org/site/pdfattachments/upcomingevents/Updated_Programme_gAS[1].pdf [PDF-external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • February 6, 2008: The paper “Identifying gas hydrate prospects offshore India” was given at the International Conference on Gas Hydrates sponsored by India’s Directorate General of Hydrocarbons at Noida (New Delhi), India, February 6–8, 2008 (http://www.dghindia.org/site/pdfattachments/upcomingevents/Updated_Programme_gAS[1].pdf [PDF-external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • February 7, 2008: The paper “Triaxial strength and acoustic properties of repressurized samples from the 2006 National Gas Hydrate Program of India Expedition” was given at the International Conference on Gas Hydrates sponsored by India’s Directorate General of Hydrocarbons at Noida (New Delhi), India, February 6–8, 2008 (http://www.dghindia.org/site/pdfattachments/upcomingevents/Updated_Programme_gAS[1].pdf [PDF-external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • February 8, 2008: The paper “Geochemistry of Hydrocarbon Gases and Volatile Organic Acids from Sediments; Results from the India NGHP Expedition 01” was given at the International Conference on Gas Hydrates sponsored by India’s Directorate General of Hydrocarbons at Noida (New Delhi), India, February 6–8, 2008 (http://www.dghindia.org/site/pdfattachments/upcomingevents/Updated_Programme_gAS[1].pdf [PDF-external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • February 8, 2008: The lecture “New Clean Energy Sources for the 21st Century” was given at a mini-semester seminar for undergraduate students offered at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, on February 8, 2008 (http://www.bnl.gov/education/programs/cminisem.asp [external site]). The lecturer is the principal investigator on the NETL project EST-380-NEDA, “Characterization and Decomposition Kinetic Studies of Methane Hydrate in Host Sediments under Subsurface-Mimic Conditions.” View abstract and other project information.
  • December 10–14, 2007: The poster presentation “Effects of Seafloor Temperature on the Distribution of Methane Hydrate” was given at American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–14, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42960, “Detection and Production of Methane Hydrate.” View abstract and other project information.
  • December 10–14, 2007: The paper “Oceanic Gas Hydrate Instability and Dissociation in Response to Climate Change” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • December 10–14, 2007: The paper “Similarity Solution for Gas Production from Dissociating Hydrates in Geologic Media” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • December 10–14, 2007: The paper “Fine-scale control of microbial communities in deep marine sediments that contain hydrates and high concentrations of methane” was given at American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–14, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project FWP-FLU5A425, “Methanogenesis in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Integration of Experimental and Theoretical Approaches.” View abstract and other project information.
  • December 11, 2007: The paper “Grain-Scale Study of Hydrate Formation in Sediments from Methane Gas: A Coupled Fluid-Solid Interaction Model” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
  • December 11, 2007: The paper “Pore-Scale Mechanistic Study of the Preferential Mode of Hydrate Formation in Sediments: Fluid Flow Aspects” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 10–17, 2007 (http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/ [external site]). The presentation is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
  • November 27, 2007: The paper “Alaska gas hydrate research results and future opportunities” was given at the 9th Annual Far North Oil & Gas Forum, Calgary, Alta., November 26-27, 2007 (http://www.insightinfo.com/index.cfm?ci_id=25057&la_id=1 [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC-01NT41332, “Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization.” View abstract and other project information.
  • November 14, 2007: The paper “Physics-Driven Interface Modeling for Drainage and Imbibition in Fractures” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, CA, November 11–14, 2007 (http://www.spe.org/atce/2007/ [external site]. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT43067, “Mechanisms Leading to Co-existence of Gas and Hydrate in Ocean Sediments.” View abstract and other project information.
  • November 14, 2007: The paper “Gas Production From Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Permafrost” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Anaheim, CA, November 11–14, 2007 (http://www.spe.org/atce/2007/ [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • November 1, 2007: The paper “Evaluation of the Gas Production Potential of Marine Hydrate Deposits in the Ulleung Basin of the Korean East Sea” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 30–November 1, 2007 (http://www.spe.org/spe-app/spe/meetings/APOGCE/2007/index.htm [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308, “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • October 15–18, 2007: The paper “Alaska Gas Hydrate Research and Stratigraphic Test Preliminary Results” was given at the Arctic Energy Summit in Anchorage, AK, October 15–18, 2007 (https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=680&nid=5792 [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC-01NT41332, “Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization.” View abstract and other project information.
  • October 7-9, 2007: The paper “Multivariate Modeling of 3D9C Data for Constructing a Static Reservoir Model of Algal Mounds in the Paradox Basin, CO” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists/Rocky Mountain Section’s Annual Meeting in Snowbird, UT. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FG26-02NT15451, “Multicomponent Seismic Analysis and Calibration to Improve Recovery from Algal Mounds: Application to the Roadrunner/Towaoc Area of the Paradox Basin, Ute Mountain Ute Reservation, Colorado.” View abstract and other project information.
  • September 25, 2007: The paper “Gas-hydrate concentration and uncertainty estimation from electrical resistivity logs: examples from Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico” was given at the Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ 77th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, September 23-28, 2007. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42667, “Combining Multicomponent Seismic Attributes, New Rock Physics Models, and In Situ Data to Estimate Gas-Hydrate Concentrations in Deep-Water, Near-Seafloor Strata of the Gulf of Mexico.” View paper and other project information.
  • September17–19, 2007: The paper “Updated Results From Deep Trek High-Temperature Electronics Development Programs” was given at HITEN 2007 (High-Temperature Electronics Network conference), St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, U.K., September 17–19, 2007, (http://science24.com/event/hiten2007 [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL projects DE-FC26-03NT41834, “Development of Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) High-Temperature Electronics,” and DE-FC26-06NT42947, “Deep Trek Reconfigurable Processor for Data Acquisition.” View abstract and other project information.
  • September 17, 2007: The paper “CO2 Sequestration Potential of the North Michigan Silurian Reef” was given at the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 2007 Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY, September 16–18, 2007 (http://www.uky.edu/KGS/esaapg07/ [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15425, “Application of Time-Lapse Seismic Monitoring for the Control and Optimization of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations.” View abstract and other project information.
  • September 13, 2007: The paper “Gas hydrates: A multidisciplinary research opportunity” was given at the Department of Physics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; it was an invited presentation for the Physics Department seminar series. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • August 19-24: The paper “Carbon isotope evidence (13C and 14C) for fossil methane-derived dissolved organic carbon from gas hydrate-bearing cold seeps” was given at the Goldschmidt 2007 Atoms to Planets conference in Cologne, Germany, August 19-24, 2007 (http://www.goldschmidt2007.org/index.php [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, “Conducting Scientific Studies of Natural Gas Hydrates to Support the DOE Efforts to Evaluate and Understand Methane Hydrates.” View abstract and other project information.
  • July 11, 2007: The paper “Adhesive Tiecoat/Polyimide Interactions in High-Temperature Flex Packaging” was given at the ASME InterPack ’07 Conference, Vancouver, BC, July 8–11, 2007. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42950, “Harsh-Environment Electronics Packaging for Downhole Oil & Gas Exploration.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 25, 2007: The paper “Characterization of nanostructures of mixed surfactant aggregation using Analytical Ultracentrifugation” was given at the 81st ACS (American Chemical Society) Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT15413, “Mineral-Surfactant Interactions for Minimum Reagents Precipitation and Adsorption for Improved Oil Recovery.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 25, 2007: The paper “Synergy among Surfactants in Solution and on Particles in Suspensions” was given at the 81st ACS (American Chemical Society) Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT15413, “Mineral-Surfactant Interactions for Minimum Reagents Precipitation and Adsorption for Improved Oil Recovery.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 20, 2007: The paper “Flow-Relevant Covariance Localization During History Matching Using Ensemble Kalman Filters” was given at the Norwegian Research Council/University of Bergen Workshop about Ensemble Kalman Filter for Updating of Reservoir Simulation Models, June 18–20, 2007, Hotel Edvard Grieg, Bergen, Norway (http://qp.rf.no/QuickPlace/enkfseminar/Main.nsf [external site]). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-05NT15457, “Rapid Calibration of High-Resolution Geologic Models to Dynamic Data Using Inverse Modeling: Field Application and Validation.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 20, 2007: The paper “Drilling Tests of an Active Vibration Damper” was given at the Drilling Engineering Association’s 2007 DEA Workshop in Galveston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-02NT41664, “Drilling Vibration Monitoring and Control System.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 20, 2007: The paper “Super-Cement for Annular Seal & Long-Term Integrity in Deep, Hot Wells” was given at the 2007 Drilling Engineering Association Workshop, Moody Gardens Hotel, Galveston, TX, June 19-20, 2007 (http://www.dea-global.org). The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT41836, “Supercement for Annular Seal and Long-Term Integrity in Deep, Hot Wells.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 19, 2007: The paper “Gas and Oil in Utah: Potential, New Discoveries, and Hot Plays” was given at the International Oil Scout Association’s 84th annual meeting, Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, UT, June 17–20, 2007 (http://www.oilscouts.com/index-main.html). The presentation relates to the NETL projects DE-FC26-02NT15133, “Major Oil Plays in Utah and Vicinity/PUMP 2,” and DE-FC26-03NT15424, “The Mississippi Leadville Limestone Exploration Play of Utah and Colorado—Exploration Techniques and Studies for Independents.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 6, 2007: The paper “Considerations for Evaluating Coalbed Methane Infiltration Pond Sites Based on Site Studies in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming,” was presented at the American Society for Mining and Reclamation’s 24th annual meeting in Gillette, WY (http://ces.ca.uky.edu/asmr/ [external site]). The presentation, available in Powerpoint at ftp://mbmgsun.mtech.edu/pub/mbmgbil/, relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-05NT15549 entitled “Produced Water Management and Beneficial Use,” specifically, Tasks 6 and 3. View abstract and other project information.
  • June 6, 2007: The paper “Field Evaluation of a Surfactant-Modified Zeolite System for Removal of Organics from Produced Water” waas given at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society in Santa Fe, NM. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15546 entitled “Long-Term Field Development of a Surfactant-Modified Zeolite/Vapor-Phase Bioreactor System for Treatment of Produced Waters for Power Generation.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 5, 2007: The paper “Characterization of Nonequilibrium Sorption of Gasoline Components by Surfactant-Modified Zeolite” was given at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society in Santa Fe, NM. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15546 entitled “Long-Term Field Development of a Surfactant-Modified Zeolite/Vapor-Phase Bioreactor System for Treatment of Produced Waters for Power Generation.” View abstract and other project information.
  • June 3, 2007: A Coalbed Methane Production and Reclamation Field Tour was conducted starting in Gillette, WY, and touring the northern Powder River Basin, under the auspices of the American Society for Mining and Reclamation (http://ces.ca.uky.edu/asmr/ [external site]). The tour relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-05NT15549 entitled “Produced Water Management and Beneficial Use,” specifically, Tasks 6 and 5. View abstract and other project information.
  • May 25, 2007: The paper “Geologic Framework of the 2005 Keathley Canyon Gas Hydrate Research Well, Northern Gulf of Mexico” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-AI26-05NT42496, entitled “Methane Hydrate-Related Research and Support.” View abstract and other project information.
  • May 21–25, 2007: The paper “Novel Applications for Biogeophysics: Prospects for Detecting Key Subseafloor Geomicrobiological Processes or Habitats” was given at the American Geophysical Union’s 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico. The presentation relates to the NETL project FLU5A425 entitled “Methanogenesis in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Integration of Experimental and Theoretical Approaches.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 30, 2007:  The paper “Numerical Studies of Geomechanical Stability of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments” was given at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL projects ESD05-036 and DE-FC26-05NT42664 entitled “Numerical Studies on the Geomechanical Performance of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments in Offshore Environments.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 30, 2007: The paper “Gas Production From Oceanic Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations” was given at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308 “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources From Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 30, 2007: The paper “Strategies for Gas Production From Oceanic Class 3 Hydrate Accumulations” was given at the 2007 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, TX. The presentation relates to the NETL project FWP-G308 entitled “Numerical Studies for the Characterization of Recoverable Resources from Methane Hydrate Deposits.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 19, 2007: The paper “De-Watering of Hunton Reservoirs” was given at a Tulsa Association of Petroleum Landmen meeting in Tulsa, OK. The presentation relates to the NETL project DE-FC26-00NT15125 entitled “Exploitation and Optimization of Reservoir Performance in Hunton Formation, Oklahoma.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 12, 2007: The paper “Characterizing groundwater contamination by petroleum operations” was given at the Oklahoma Clean Lakes and Watersheds Associations’ 16th Annual Conference in Tahlequah, OK, April 11-13, 2007 (http://www.oclwa.org/ [external site]). The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15544 entitled “Field Validation of Toxicity Tests to Evaluate the Potential for Beneficial Use of Produced Water.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 13, 2007: The paper “Crosswell Reflection Seismic Imaging Using Very Wide Angles” was given at the Seismological Society of America’s annual meeting in Waikaloa, Kona, HI. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15508 entitled “Crosswell Seismic Amplitude-Versus-Offset for Detailed Imaging of Facies and Fluid Distribution Within Carbonate Oil Reservoirs.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 2, 2007: The poster presentation “New Techniques for New Discoveries—Results from the Lisbon Field Area, Paradox Basin, Utah” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ annual convention in Long Beach, CA. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-03NT15424 entitled “The Mississippi Leadville Limestone Exploration Play of Utah and Colorado—Exploration Techniques and Studies for Independents.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 2, 2007: The poster presentation “Covenant Oil Field, Central Utah Thrust Belt: Possible Harbinger of Future Discoveries” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ annual convention in Long Beach, CA. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-02NT15133 entitled “Major Oil Plays in Utah and Vicinity/PUMP 2.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 2, 2007: The paper “Microbial enhanced oil recovery technologies: A review of the past, present, and future” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers Production and Operations Symposium in Oklahoma City, OK. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04NT15522 entitled “Development of an In Situ Biosurfactant Production Technology for Enhanced Oil Recovery.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 3, 2007: The paper “Gas Hydrate Resource Potential” was given at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists’ Annual Convention in Long Beach, CA. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-01NT41332, which describes “Alaska North Slope gas hydrate reservoir characterization.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 3, 2007: The paper “Estimating Fracture Reorientation Due to Fluid Injection/Production” was given at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Production and Operations Symposium in Oklahoma City, OK. The presentation was related to the NETL project DE-FC26-06NT42955 entitled “Design and Implementation of Energized Fracture Treatment in Tight Gas Sands.” View abstract and other project information.
  • April 5, 2007: The presentation “Innovative Technologies for Stripper Well Operators” was given at the Tertiary Oil Recovery Project’s 17th Annual Oil Recovery Conference in Wichita, KS. The presentation was related to four NETL projects in which Impact Technologies LLC of Tulsa, OK, has been a project performer: DE-FC26-04NT15502, entitled “Advanced Ultra-High-Speed Motor for Drilling”; DE-FC26-03NT15476, entitled “Advanced Mud System for Microhole Coiled Tubing Drilling”; and the Stripper Well Consortium program covered under DE-FC26-00NT41025, entitled “Establishment of an Industry-Driven Consortium Focused on Improving the Production Performance of Domestic Stripper Wells” and which included funding for the “Advanced ASJ Drilling System” and “Novel Single-Stage Water Mitigation Treatment” projects. View abstract and other project information.
  • March 1, 2007: The paper “Engineering Rhamnolipid Biosurfactants as Agents for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery” was presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ International Oilfield Chemistry Symposium at The Woodlands, TX, Feb. 28-Mar. 2, 2007 . The paper is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-04BC15525 entitled “Bio-Engineering High-Performance Microbial Strains for MEOR by Directed Protein Evolution Technology”. View abstract and other project information.
  • February 20, 2007: The paper “Drilling Tests of an Active Vibration Damper” was presented at the Society of Petroleum Engineers/International Association of Drilling Contractors annual drilling conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The paper is related to the NETL project DE-FC26-02NT41664 entitled “Downhole Vibration Monitoring & Control System”. View abstract and other project information.
  • Presentations from the January 9, 2007 Methane Hydrates R&D Program project kick-off meeting

Enhanced Oil Recovery Illustrations:

CDs:
The following CDs are currently available through our CD-DVD Ordering System:

  • May 2007: Archive of Unconventional Gas Research Data - Nearly 1,400 documents on 2 DVDs chronicles research and development work carried out at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory during the 1980s and 1990s that played a vital role in helping to meet the nation's growing demand for natural gas.
  • June 2006: Final Project Report - Geologic Play Book for Trenton Black River Appalachian Basin Exploration DE-FC26-03NT41856 - This project developed an integrated resource assessment model of the Trenton-Black River reservoirs in New York, Ohio and West Virginia. This effort will increase development of the gas resources from the Trenton-Black River reservoirs and facilitate increased exploration and higher success rates in this emerging play. The three main objectivesof this project were: 1)to develop an integrated, multi-faceted, resource assessment model of Trenton-Black River reservoirs in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia; 2)to define possible fairways within which to conduct more detailed studies leading to further development of the gas resource in these reservoirs; and 3)to develop an integrated structural-stratigraphic-diagenetic model for the origin of Trenton-Black River hydrothermal dolomite reservoirs. The final product of this project is a detailed and multi-disciplinary play book.
  • December 2005: Final Project Report - Identifying and Remediating High Water Production Problems in Basin Centered Formations - Oil and gas exploration and development are progressive processes that are hugely dependent on historical data and experience for successful results. Data pertaining to the chemical and electrical properties of intra-formational waters is also crucial but has been difficult to effectively access. This is no longer the case as a primary output of this project is a robust database amassing thousands of formation water analyses. The digital database, included on this CD, provides data with dynamic value for operators to increase gas production from key Rocky Mountain basins, without significant additional overhead. Along with electric logs, core, and seismic, the database becomes yet another valuable tool for maximizing production. Also provided on this CD is a GIS-based digital atlas showing the distribution of the data.
  • June 2005 Heavy Oil Publications - Selected Reports from Heavy Oil Projects - This CD contains selected DOE reports and analysis on resource and recovery technologies for U.S. heavy oil. They cover DOE-funded heavy oil R&D involving laboratory work, numerical simulator development, and various thermal and non-thermal field tests of heavy oil recovery processes. Included are an Excel spreadsheet of more than 500 of the largest heavy oil reservoirs (a subset of 1,025 analyzed) and publications on heavy oil resources in selected basins.
  • June 2005: Stratigraphic Framework, Structure, and Thermal Maturity of Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary Rocks In Relation to Hydrocarbon Petential. Crazy Mountains Basin, Montana  - This report is part of a series of studies by the U.S. Geological Survey, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory to identify and evaluate "unconventional" basin-centered gas accumulations found in the deep areas of many Rocky Mountain basins. 
  • May 2005: Rome Trough Consortium - This CD contains data from a multi-year study of the pre-Knox stratigraphic interval in the Rome Trough, a graben that contains a thickened section of the Rome and Conasauga Formations. The Rome Trough Consortium, a partnership consisting of the Department of Energy , three state geological surveys and five Appalachian Basin energy companies, was formed to carry out this study. The Consortium was headed by the Kentucky Geological survey. 
  • May 2005: FRACGEN™ and NFFLOW™ Fracture-Description and Reservoir Engineering Codes for Highly Fractured Reservoirs (Release Z) -  FRACGEN™ is a computer program that generates a stochastic network of lines that represent patterns of fractures found within petroleum reservoirs and aquifers. Although the realizations of fractured layers are inherently two-dimensional, the layers can be stacked to represent multi-layer reservoirs. NFFLOW™ (Release Z)is a FORTRAN code for simulating the flow of dry gas through tight (< 1 md matrix permeability) highly fractured reservoirs. This version of NFFLOW™ is for single layer reservoirs and cannot accommodate multi-layer fracture networks. A version for multi-layer reservoirs is currently in development. NFFLOW™ is designed to work with the fracture network files from FRACGEN™, but it can be used with any fracture network description that has the proper format, regardless of the source. 
  • April 30, 2005: Final Technical Report to the National Energy Technology Lab, Interagency Agreement, Task DE-AT26-97FT34343, September 8, 1997-April 30, 2005 - This DVD final technical report contains a detail summary of Lab and Field work, including lab data and cruise reports associated with Gas Hydrates Research conducted by the USGS for DOE/NETL in the above interagency task agreement.
  • 2001: Deep Trek Workshop Proceedings - The proceedings on this CD include presentations made during the workshop; the breakout session results for the advanced smart drilling systems, drilling and completion fluids, completion-based well design, and drilling diagnostics and sensor systems; and a list of workshop participants. In total, there were over 95 participants from more than 50 organizations. 
  • August 2004: Natural Gas Resources of the Uinta Basin, Utah, and the Deep Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma and Texas - NETL's Phase II Data CD - Follow-up CD to the Phase I release of the Greater Green River and Wind River Basin Assessments. This CD contains data including maps, cross-sections, histograms, and poster presentations.
  • Feb. 2003: Natural Gas Resources of the Greater Green River and Wind River Basins of Wyoming - NETL's Phase I Final Report - In addition to detailed descriptions of project methodology and results, the CD contains numerous detailed maps and cross-sections that depict the regional geology of key gas-bearing formations. 
  • 2002: Greater Green River Basin Production Improvement Project - This CD contains the results of the Greater Green River Basin Production Improvement Project. The purpose of this project was to reduce the technical risks and the economic uncertainty of industry development of the region's low-permeability (tight) gas resource.
  • Mar. 2002: Proceedings of the Methane Hydrates Interagency R&D Conference - The purpose of this conference, held last March, was to present the results of and future plans for methane hydrate research by each of the agencies. Participating agencies include: DOE Office of Fossil Energy, NETL, Naval Research Laboratory, Minerals Management Service, U. S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and National Science Foundation.
 

 
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