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  • 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.the-conference.com/conferences/2007/gold2007/ [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 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